Glossary Page

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Mammal –

• Body is mostly covered with hair.
• Feeds young with mother’s milk.
• Usually gives birth to live young.

Amphibian –

• Cold-blooded.
• The young usually live under water that breath through gills e.g. frogspawn.
• Adults usually live in and out of water and breath by lungs or through skin.

Insect –

• Small.
• Air-breathing
• Body is divided into three parts (head, thorax and abdomen
• Have three pairs of legs and usually two pairs of wings.

Bird –

• Warm-blooded.
• Body is mostly covered in feathers
• Forelimbs are wings.
• Have scaly legs.
• They don’t have teeth, instead they have a beak.
• Young are born from eggs.

Fish –

• Cold-blooded
• Live in water.
• Breath through gills
• Commonly have fins.
• Have long bodies covered with scales.

Reptile –

• Cold-blooded
• Usually give birth from eggs
• Breath using lungs