edHelper.com Animal and Biomes Basics Theme Unit Invertebrates

What Is an Invertebrate Animal?

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What Is an Invertebrate Animal?

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crawdad, vertebrate, invertebrate, octopus, backbone, hand, kinds, middle, percent, large, group, example, share, different, world, fresh

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What Is an Invertebrate Animal? By Cindy Grigg

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¹     Put your hand on the middle of your back. Do you feel the bones in your back? You are a vertebrate! Most of the animals in the world don't have backbones. They are called invertebrates. Worms and insects, for example, are invertebrates.
 
²     There are many different kinds of these animals. Some, like the octopus, live in the ocean. Some, like the crawdad, live in fresh water. Some, like spiders, live on land. Some, like worms, live in the ground. Some, like bees, fly in the air. Not having a backbone is .....
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Animal and Biomes Basics Theme Unit

Animal and Biomes Basics Theme Unit

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Invertebrates

Invertebrates

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Animals

Amphibians         Birds         Deserts         Fish         Freshwater         Grasslands         Insects

Invertebrates         Mammals         Oceans         Polar Regions         Rain Forest         Reptiles

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