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Vocabulary
STUDENT RESOURCE 5.1
INFORMATION SHEET
invertebrate an animal that does not have
vertebrate an animal that has a backbone
a backbone
There are fi ve main groups of
Sponges, starfi sh, earthworms, insects,
vertebrate animals. The groups are
crabs, and spiders are invertebrates.
fi sh, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and
mammals.
CLASSIFICATION • SECTION 5 CLASSIFYING ANIMALS