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Page 1: VERTEBRATES. Characteristics of Vertebrates VERTEBRATES The main characteristics are: Internal skeleton with spine.

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Page 2: VERTEBRATES. Characteristics of Vertebrates VERTEBRATES The main characteristics are: Internal skeleton with spine.

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Characteristics of VertebratesCharacteristics of Vertebrates

Page 3: VERTEBRATES. Characteristics of Vertebrates VERTEBRATES The main characteristics are: Internal skeleton with spine.

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The main characteristics are: Internal skeleton with spine.

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They have three parts or regions: head, torso and tail.

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The torso has four extremities which can be paws, wings and fins.

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VERTEBRATESTheir nervous system has an encephalon (brain) and a spinal cord. The encephalon is placed inside the skull and the spinal cord is placed inside the spine.

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Sense organs are placed inside the head

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Some characteristics of fish are:

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Their skin has scales.

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Their extremities are fins

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Fish have gills

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Some characteristics of Amphibians are:

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Their skin is always moist

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They have four extremities

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They breathe using gills, lungs and skin.

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Some characteristics of Reptiles are:

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Their skin is dry and strong, it has scales.

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They have four legs, which they use to run, climb and swim. Snakes don't have legs so they slither to move around.

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Reptiles are cold-blooded

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They lay eggs

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Some of them have glands that produce venom to kill their prey.

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Characteristics of Birds :

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Birds don't have teeth, they have a beak

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Their front legs become wings.

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Their bodies are feathered

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They are hot-blooded (endothermic).

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They breathe with lungs

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They lay eggs with shells

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Characteristics of Mammals :

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They are warm blooded (endothermic): they can maintain a constant body temperature.

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They have hair

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They have sudoriferous (sweat) glands

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They have mammary (milk-secreting) glands. They produce milk to feed their young.

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They have different types of teeth

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They give birth to live young and provide protection and care for them before and after birth.


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