Got a Backbone

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Got a Backbone?

• Designed For Fifth Grade Science Students
• By William Calhoun

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Vertebrates

• Invertebrates are animals that have a spine, also
  called a backbone.
• This internal spine, along with their internal
  skeleton, are made of bone.

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Some other facts

• Vertebrates are only found among animals. So
  plants, fungi, etc. cannot and are not
  vertebrates.
• Vertebrates include groups of animals such as
  mammals, fish, birds, amphibians, and reptiles.

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Vertebrate
This frog, and other amphibians like it, are
examples of vertebrates.
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Is this a vertebrate?

• This gorilla and other primates and mammals, such
  as humans, are all vertebrates.

Answer Yes
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Not a vertebrate

• These worms have neither a spine nor a skeleton
  and are therefore not a vertebrate.
• Animals that are not vertebrates are called
  invertebrates.

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Is this a vertebrate?

• This dragonfly, like other insects, is not a
  vertebrate.
• Animals may have a hard outer body like insects
  or spiders, or a shell like a clam or a crab, but
  none of them have an internal skeleton nor a
  spine. Therefore, they are not vertebrates.

Answer No
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Vertebrate or not a vertebrate?

• Now it is time for you to practice to see if you
  can tell whether an animal is a vertebrate or not
  a vertebrate.
• So either get out a piece of paper and a pencil
  or click the button below to print out an
  activity sheet to fill out.

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Is this parrot a vertebrate?
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Are these jellyfish vertebrates?
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Is this crab a vertebrate?
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Are humans vertebrates?
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Is this spider a vertebrate?
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Lets see how you did
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References

• http//www.kidport.com/RefLib/Science/Animals/Anim
  alIndexV.htm
• http//www.kidport.com/RefLib/Science/Animals/Anim
  alIndexInv.htm
• http//wwwaloha.com/lifeguards/jellie75.jpg

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