Animals

Amphibians, Birds, Fish, Insects, Mammals, and Reptiles

By Amanda DeMattio and Erica Kramer

Amphibians

• Cold-blooded

• Live in water and on land

• Lay eggs

• Wet skin

• Vertebrates (have backbone)

• Gills

Amphibian Examples

Frog Toad

Newt Salamander

Birds

• Warm-blooded• Lay eggs• Feathers• Two wings• Two legs• Beak or bill• Some fly

Bird Examples

Ostrich

Penguin

Blue jay

Flamingo

Fish

• Cold-blooded• Live in water• Lay eggs• Scales• Fins• Gills

• Sea World

Fish ExamplesAngelfish

Shark Stingray

Clownfish

Insects

• Cold-blooded

• Six legs

• Three body parts: head, thorax, abdomen

• Pair of antennae

• One or two pairs of wings

• Lay eggs

• Largest group of living things on earth

INSEC

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Grasshopper

Butterfly

Beetle

Ladybug

Mammals

• Warm-blooded

• Fur or hair

• Feed young

• Vertebrates

• Four limbs

• Live birth

• Lungs

Mammal Examples

Human

Cat

Cow Dolphin

Reptiles

• Cold-blooded

• Dry, scaly skin

• Short legs or no legs

• Vertebrates

• Lay eggs

• Shed skin

• Lungs

Reptile Examples Snake

TurtleAlligator

Lizard

References

• Images from: Google

• Information gathered from: http://www.saskschools.ca/~gregory/animals/intro1.html