Draw & colour an animal from each class of vertebrates give the common name for each

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Name: ______Due Date: ______

Compare and Contrast

Unit: Diversity of Life Topic: Classes of Vertebrates

How are ______mammals______and ______birds______alike?
How are ______mammals______and ______birds______different?

Write a statement to compare and contrast mammals and birds.

Compare and Contrast

Unit: Diversity of Life Topic: Groupings within the Animal Kingdom

How are ______vertebrates______and ______invertebrates______alike?
How are ______vertebrates______and _____invertebrates______different?

Write a statement to compare and contrast vertebrates and invertebrates.

Working with Words and Concepts

Instructions:

1)  Give a definition of cold-blooded.

2)  Give an example of a cold-blooded organism.

3)  Draw a diagram showing that you understand what the term, “cold-blooded” means. Do not just draw a cold-blooded animal! Hint: Four thermometers should be in your diagram (two per section)

4)  Explain you diagram in words.

Definition / Cold-Blooded / Diagram / Explanation of Diagram
Example

Instructions:

1)  Give a definition of warm-blooded.

2)  Give an example of a warm-blooded organism.

3)  Draw a diagram showing that you understand what the term, “warm-blooded” means. Do not just draw a warm-blooded animal! Hint: Four thermometers should be in your diagram (two per section)

4)  Explain you diagram in words.

Definition / Warm-Blooded / Diagram / Explanation of Diagram
Example

Sort and Predict

Unit: Diversity of Life Topic: Exploring Life

Directions:

Read the list of words or phrases on the left and sort them into four different categories by placing them in the boxes. For the words/phrases that you are unsure of, predict which category each would belong to. When selecting categories, try to identify similarities and differences among the words/phrases to give you clues as to the categories. Each word may only be used in one category.

Plants / A. ______/ B. ______
Giant panda
Garden centipede
Canadian goose
Hooked beak & sharp talons of an owl
Animals
Fire salamander
Large webbed hindfeet of a beaver
Carpenter bee
Fungi
Atlantic salmon / C. ______/ D. ______
Monera
Long eyelashes on a camel
Lobster
Protista
Giant hissing cockroach
Long sticky tongue of an anteater
Fruit fly
Black bear
Snapping turtle

Diversity of Life Assignment Name: ______

Value / Your Mark
Title page - Correct animal in each class of vertebrates / 10
Compare and Contrast mammals and birds / 10
Compare and Contrast vertebrates and invertebrates / 10
Working with words – cold-blooded / 5
Working with words – warm-blooded / 5
Sort and Predict / 10
Total / 50