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What defines a mammal?
What defines a mammal?
- Has skin usually covered with scales
- Cold-blooded vertebrate
- Nourishes its young with milk (correct)
- Can live both on land and in water
Which of the following describes a bird?
Which of the following describes a bird?
- Warm-blooded egg-laying vertebrate (correct)
- Cold-blooded with scales
- Has limbs developed as wings (correct)
- Lays eggs and lives in water
What is an amphibian?
What is an amphibian?
- Cold-blooded vertebrate that lives both on land and in water (correct)
- Warm-blooded vertebrate with scales
- Warm-blooded that lays eggs
- Cold-blooded air-breathing vertebrate
What is a reptile?
What is a reptile?
What characterizes a fish?
What characterizes a fish?
What is a mammal?
What is a mammal?
What defines a bird?
What defines a bird?
What is an amphibian?
What is an amphibian?
What is a reptile?
What is a reptile?
What characterizes a fish?
What characterizes a fish?
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Study Notes
Classification of Animals
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Mammals: Warm-blooded vertebrates that nourish their young with milk from mammary glands. Skin is typically covered with hair.
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Birds: Warm-blooded, egg-laying vertebrates characterized by feathers and modified forelimbs as wings, enabling flight.
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Amphibians: Cold-blooded vertebrates capable of living both in aquatic and terrestrial environments, typically undergoing metamorphosis from larvae to adult forms.
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Reptiles: Cold-blooded vertebrates that breathe air, usually reproduce by laying eggs, and have skin covered with scales or bony plates.
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Fish: Cold-blooded vertebrates that inhabit water, possess a long, scaly body, fins for limbs, and a vertical tail fin, adapted for aquatic life.
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