CHARACTERISTICS OF VERTEBRATES.
ACTIVITY 1
The shape of a bird's beak is related to the type of food it eats. Match each of the
birds that appear below with the following eating habits.
1. Tear apart meat.
2. Split open seeds.
3. Harpoon fish.
4. Search for worms in holes.
5. Break through wood to reach insects.
CHARACTERISTICS OF VERTEBRATES.
ACTIVITY 2
Copy in your notebook the following diagram of the different types of vertebrates and
complete it.
1. In X indicate a characteristic that can serve to identify each group.
2. In Y, write the names of the groups.
VERTEBRATES
CHARACTERISTICS OF VERTEBRATES.
ACTIVITY 3
Carefully observe the skeletons of the limbs of a seal, bird and of a human being, and
identify the similarities and differnces. What characterisics differentiate the groups of
vertebrates represented?
SEAL
BIRD
HUMAN BEING