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CLIL science - Vertebrate animals

by Luana Bucciante

Pages 4 and 5 of 25

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CLIL
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Science
Vertebrate animals
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Some swim!
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Some fly!
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The world is full of many different types of animals.
Some breathe air
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 ..some breathe underwater. 
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Some have skeletons...
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...and others don't. 
To help us understand the differences between the animals in our world, scientists classify, or sort, animals
into different groups that share important characteristics.
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Invertebrates are animals that do not have backbones.
Most of the animals in the world are invertebrates.
Some examples of invertebrates are...
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squid
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insects
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arachnidis
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starfish
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sea urchins
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jellyfish
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crabs
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lobsters
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clams
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....and many more creatures. 
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..... but if I asked
you to think of an animal you would probably choose a vertebrate!
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Vertebrates make up less than 5% of all animal species on earth...
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Vertebrates are divided into different classes, or groups.
Several of these classes are specific types of fish, for example:
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 lampreys 
jawless fish, like

lampreys and hagfish

...and 

cartilaginous fish, like sharks 
and rays.
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hagfish
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sharks
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rays
For simplicity's sake, these other classes are usually lumped together with bony fish and just called 'FISH.'
Let's look at the characteristics that make an animal a fish!
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