Cu

urricullum ex
xtra Unit 1
Foccus on B
Biology: Vertebra
V ates and 2 Discuss th
he question s in groups.
1 What animals do yoou think are in the picturees in
inv
vertebrate
es
exercisee 1? Label thhe pictures. Use
U a dictionnary
1 Label the pho
otos with th
he words. to help you.
2 Are the animals in eexercise 1 veertebrates (V
V) or
beak fe
eather fin gills
g hair/furr scales
inverteb
brates (I)? Laabel the pictu
ures.
shell tail ten
ntacles wing
3 Read the text.
t Which animal 1–3 is it?
1 2 3

1 fin 2 ________
_________
dolphin (V)
V) ________
_________ It's a verteb
brate. It usess lungs to breeathe. It has a
long beak tot eat its foood. Its skin is covered withh
feathers, and it uses itss wings to flyy. It has long legs,
and a shorrt tail.

4 Choose th
he correct op
ption.
A snake is (1) a verteb brate / an inv vertebrate, with
w
3 _________
________ 4 ________
_________ a long skelleton inside iits body. It ha as (2) scales
s/
_________
________ ________
_________ feathers on its skin. It hhasn't got (3 3) lungs / leg
gs for
running, buut it moves faast along the e ground withh its
long (4) taiil / beak. It's (5) cold- / warm-bloode
w ed,
so it usually lives in hott countries.

5 Complete the text wit h words fro

om exercises
s 1–4.
The crab iss a / an (1) __
________ , because it hass no
5 _________
________ 6 ________
_________ skeleton. In
nstead it hass a hard (2) ________
_ thaat
_________
________ ________
_________ covers its body.
b It doessn’t have (3) ________ likke an
octopus, but it has got eight legs an nd two pincers.
milar to fish, hhave (4) ____
Crabs, sim _____ so thaat
they can breathe in waater.

6 In your no
otebook, draaw an anima al and label its
body partss. Write a paaragraph ab
bout it. Use
exercises 1–5 to help you.
7 _________
________ 8 ________
_________
_________
________ ________
_________ 7 Quick Quiz. Give the n
names of:
1 three po
opular pet mmammals
_________________ ___________ ___________
____
2 an invertebrate withhout a shell
_________________ ___________ ___________
____
3 an invertebrate withh tentacles
_________________ ___________ ___________
____
9 _________
________ 10 ________
_________ 4 a warm-blooded verrtebrate
_________
________ ________
_________ _________________ ___________ ___________
____
5 an anim
mal with gills
_________________ ___________ ___________
____
6 two animals with scacales
_________________ ___________ ___________
____