{
 "source": "https://peabody.kids/flashcards/animal-classes-facts",
 "id": "animal-classes-facts",
 "title": "Animal Groups: Mammals, Birds, Reptiles and More",
 "category": "science",
 "subject": "Animal Science",
 "levels": [
  "k-2",
  "3-5",
  "6-8"
 ],
 "description": "What makes each animal group different, and fun animal records.",
 "tags": [
  "animals",
  "vertebrates",
  "invertebrates"
 ],
 "frontLabel": "Question",
 "backLabel": "Answer",
 "cards": [
  [
   "Mammals",
   "Warm-blooded animals with hair or fur that feed their babies milk"
  ],
  [
   "Birds",
   "Warm-blooded animals with feathers, wings and beaks that lay eggs"
  ],
  [
   "Reptiles",
   "Cold-blooded animals with dry scaly skin"
  ],
  [
   "Amphibians",
   "Animals that start life in water and often live on land as adults"
  ],
  [
   "Fish",
   "Cold-blooded animals with gills and fins that live in water"
  ],
  [
   "Insects",
   "Animals with six legs and three body parts"
  ],
  [
   "Arachnids",
   "Animals with eight legs, like spiders"
  ],
  [
   "Crustaceans",
   "Animals with a hard shell and many legs, like crabs"
  ],
  [
   "Mollusks",
   "Soft-bodied animals often with shells, like snails"
  ],
  [
   "Vertebrate",
   "An animal with a backbone"
  ],
  [
   "Invertebrate",
   "An animal without a backbone"
  ],
  [
   "Warm-blooded",
   "Keeps a steady body temperature"
  ],
  [
   "Cold-blooded",
   "Body temperature changes with the surroundings"
  ],
  [
   "Is a bat a bird or a mammal?",
   "A mammal"
  ],
  [
   "Is a whale a fish or a mammal?",
   "A mammal"
  ],
  [
   "Is a dolphin a fish or a mammal?",
   "A mammal"
  ],
  [
   "Is a penguin a bird?",
   "Yes, a flightless bird"
  ],
  [
   "Is a frog a reptile or an amphibian?",
   "An amphibian"
  ],
  [
   "Is a snake a reptile or an amphibian?",
   "A reptile"
  ],
  [
   "Is a spider an insect?",
   "No; it's an arachnid with eight legs"
  ],
  [
   "Is a shark a mammal or a fish?",
   "A fish"
  ],
  [
   "Is a platypus a mammal that lays eggs?",
   "Yes"
  ],
  [
   "Which mammals lay eggs?",
   "Monotremes: the platypus and echidnas"
  ],
  [
   "Which mammals have pouches?",
   "Marsupials, like kangaroos and koalas"
  ],
  [
   "Largest animal on Earth",
   "The blue whale"
  ],
  [
   "Largest land animal",
   "The African elephant"
  ],
  [
   "Tallest animal",
   "The giraffe"
  ],
  [
   "Fastest land animal",
   "The cheetah"
  ],
  [
   "Fastest bird in a dive",
   "The peregrine falcon"
  ],
  [
   "Largest bird alive",
   "The ostrich"
  ],
  [
   "Smallest bird",
   "The bee hummingbird"
  ],
  [
   "Largest reptile",
   "The saltwater crocodile"
  ],
  [
   "Largest fish",
   "The whale shark"
  ],
  [
   "Largest living cat",
   "The tiger"
  ],
  [
   "Largest land carnivore",
   "The polar bear"
  ],
  [
   "Slowest mammal",
   "The sloth"
  ],
  [
   "Longest living land animal",
   "The Galapagos giant tortoise, over 100 years"
  ],
  [
   "Largest rodent",
   "The capybara"
  ],
  [
   "Largest primate",
   "The gorilla"
  ],
  [
   "Only mammal that can truly fly",
   "The bat"
  ],
  [
   "Which animal has the largest eyes?",
   "The giant squid"
  ],
  [
   "How many legs does an insect have?",
   "Six"
  ],
  [
   "How many legs does a spider have?",
   "Eight"
  ],
  [
   "How many legs does a crab have?",
   "Ten"
  ],
  [
   "How many arms does an octopus have?",
   "Eight"
  ],
  [
   "Insect body parts",
   "Head, thorax and abdomen"
  ],
  [
   "Metamorphosis",
   "A big change in body form as an animal grows"
  ],
  [
   "Complete metamorphosis",
   "Egg, larva, pupa, adult"
  ],
  [
   "Incomplete metamorphosis",
   "Egg, nymph, adult"
  ],
  [
   "Butterfly life cycle",
   "Egg, caterpillar, chrysalis, butterfly"
  ],
  [
   "Frog life cycle",
   "Egg, tadpole, froglet, adult frog"
  ],
  [
   "Exoskeleton",
   "A hard outer covering that supports and protects the body"
  ],
  [
   "Molting",
   "Shedding an old outer layer"
  ],
  [
   "Herd animals",
   "Cattle, zebras and elephants live in herds"
  ],
  [
   "Pack animals",
   "Wolves and wild dogs hunt in packs"
  ],
  [
   "Predator",
   "An animal that hunts others"
  ],
  [
   "Prey",
   "An animal that is hunted"
  ],
  [
   "Scavenger",
   "Eats dead animals it did not kill, like vultures"
  ],
  [
   "Vultures help by",
   "Cleaning up dead animals"
  ],
  [
   "Marine mammal",
   "A mammal that lives in the sea, like seals and whales"
  ],
  [
   "Endangered animal",
   "A species in danger of dying out"
  ],
  [
   "Extinct animal",
   "A species that has died out"
  ],
  [
   "Dodo",
   "A flightless bird from Mauritius that went extinct in the 1600s"
  ]
 ]
}