Science part 1

Cards (12)

  • the different animals belong to a group of animals called vertebrates
  • fishes are vertebrates with skeleton made with either bone or crtilage
  • jawless fish, also called superclass agnatha
  • most of the worlds fished are bony fish. also known as osteichthyes
  • the cartilaginous fish, also called chonarichthyes
  • amphibians are four-legged vertebrates
  • reptiles, like fished and amphibians are ecothermic vertebrates that have dry, waterproof bodied covered with scales
  • all birds have feathers, though, not all can fly
  • mammals are the most complex of all vertebrates
  • mammals that lay eggs are called egg-laying mammals or monotremes
  • marsupials are popularly known as pouched mammals
  • eutherian mammals, also referred to placental mammals, give birth to live youngs