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Science
Quarter 2 – Module 5

Vertebrates

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Science- Grade 6
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Quarter 2 – Week No.5 Module No.5 Vertebrates
First Edition, 2020

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 Table of Contents

Lesson 1: The Vertebrates

Objective ........................................................................................................................ 1
Content Input ............................................................................................................. 1
What ‘s New .................................................................................................................. 1
What Is It ...................................................................................................................... 2
What’s More ................................................................................................................. 4
What I Have Learned.................................................................................................. 8
Assessment…………………………………………………………………….. 10

Key to Answers .................................................................................................................................. 11 -12

Appendices ………………………………………………………………………………
References ...........................................................................................................................................
What I Need to Know

How to Learn from this Module

To achieve the objectives cited above, you are to do the following:
• Take your time reading the lessons carefully.
• Follow the directions and/or instructions in the activities and exercises diligently.
• Answer all the given tests and exercises.

Icons of this Module

What I Need to This part contains learning objectives that

Know are set for you to learn as you go along the
module.

What I know This is an assessment as to your level of

knowledge to the subject matter at hand,
meant specifically to gauge prior related
knowledge
What’s In This part connects previous lesson with that
of the current one.

What’s New An introduction of the new lesson through

various activities, before it will be presented
to you

What is It These are discussions of the activities as a

way to deepen your discovery and under-
standing of the concept.

What’s More These are follow-up activities that are in-

tended for you to practice further in order to
master the competencies.

What I Have Activities designed to process what you

Learned have learned from the lesson

What I can do These are tasks that are designed to show-

case your skills and knowledge gained, and
applied into real-life concerns and situations.
 Lesson The Vertebrates
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What I need to know

Objective/s

Determine the distinguishing characteristics of vertebrates.

What’s New

Content output

In this lesson, you will learn about vertebrates and their distinguishing
characteristics.
Normally, vertebrates are classified into five smaller groups: mammals,
birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians. Each of which has certain characteristics.

VERTEBRATES

Mammals Birds Fish Reptiles Amphibians

Figure 1. Classification of Vertebrates

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 Activity 1. What are vertebrates?

Read and study figure 2 then answer the questions below. Write
your answer on your activity notebook.

Spinal column

Skeleton

Figure 2. Example of Vertebrate

Vertebrates are creatures made by bones of a spinal column and a backbone. The
term derives from vertebrae, the bones that make up the spines. The skeleton keeps an
animal's body up and covers it.
Vertebrates share some essential characteristics. A hollow backbone and the cranium,
or skull, shield most vertebrates' spinal cord and brain. By mating between males and females,
all vertebrates reproduce.

QUESTIONS:
1. What are vertebrates?
2. Where do the word vertebrates come from?
3. What do vertebrate animals have in common?
4. What is the function of the skeleton in a vertebrate animal?
5. How do vertebrate animals reproduce?

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 Activity 2 What Am I ?

Directions: Find out the different characteristics of animals around you. Answer each
riddle below. Choose the answer from the pictures. Write your answers on
your activity notebook.

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1. I live in water and I have gills for breathing. My body is covered with scales.
I have fins that help me move and keep my balance. What am I?

_______________________________________
2. I spend part of my life in water and part of my life on land. I have gills for breathing
but they will soon be replaced by a pair of lungs as I grow older. What am I?

_______________________________________
3. I have lungs as the main organ of respiration and I have dry scaly skin.

_______________________________________
4. I have wings for flying. My skeleton is made up of strong but light bones. I have legs
for walking or running.

_______________________________________
5. I eat grass. I feed my young with milk. I have lungs for respiration and four legs for
walking or running

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 What’s More

Activity 3. What are the group of vertebrates and its distinguishing

characteristics?

Directions: Read and study Figure 3 then answer the questions below. Write your
answer on your activity notebook.

THESE ARE THE FIVE GROUPS OF VERTEBRATES

REPTILES

 have scales, not fur

 have dry skin
 usually lay eggs, sometimes
live young
 have ear holes instead of
ears
 have 4 legs or no legs
 they are cold-blooded

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BIRDS FISH
 have feathers and wings  breathe underwater using
 they lay eggs gills
 have two legs  have scales and fins
 have ear holes instead of
 lay many eggs
ears
 they are cold-blooded
 they are warm-blooded

Figure 3. Vertebrates and Their Distinguishing Characteristics

QUESTIONS:
1. How many groups of vertebrates are there?
2. What are the five groups of vertebrates?
3. Give 2 examples to each group of vertebrates.
4. What are common to these vertebrates?
5. How do these vertebrate animals differ?

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Activity 4. Can You Describe Me?

Directions: Read each short paragraph and answer the questions by

completing the table below. Write your answer on your notebook.
1. What covers their body?
2. How do they move?
3. How do they breathe?

Hello kids! I am Mr.

Goat. I belong to the sub-
group called mammals.
Mammals have fur or hair
and mammary glands.
Most of us mammals are
developed inside our
mothers’ womb.

Hi there, boys and girls! I am Tweety.

I usually fly because I have wings . I also
have legs for walking or running. My body
is covered with feathers. I lay eggs with a
hard shell.

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 Hello kids I am Crocks.
I can also live in water because of
body structure. I have raised
nostrils and eyes. I also have
fleshy value at the back of my
mouth that prevents water from
entering the lungs when my mouth
is open. My thick dry scale body
covering can protect me against
harm and prevents loss of water.

Do you know me? I am

Nemo. I belong to the fish
group. Among the
vertebrates, only fishes
breathe through gills so we
can live in water. Our
bodies are covered with
scales, which are suited to
our aquatic environment,
and our eyes are always
open.

What’s up kids? I’m Mr. Froggy, a frog.

I belong to the sub-group of amphibians. I
usually spend part of my life in water and
part on land. I hibernate in cold weather by
burrowing in the ground or in mud. When
young amphibians breathe through our gills
but adult amphibians develop lungs in order
to live on land.

NAME OF WHAT COVERS ME? HOW DO I MOVE? HOW DO I BREATHE?

ANIMALS
1.Mr. Goat
2. Tweety
3. Crocks
4. Nemo
5. Mr. Froggy

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 What I Have Learned

ACTIVITY 5
Activity 5 Know Me

Directions: Fill in the empty box with the different characteristics of the
Fill in each empty box with the different characteristics of the indicated subgroups of
indicated subgroups of vertebrates. Write your answer on the
activity
vertebrates. Write your answernotebook.
in attached activity sheet no. 5.

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 Activity 6 Know Me More

Directions: Identify the characteristics of the different vertebrates by completing the chart
using the following descriptions. Write your answer on the activity notebook.

Classification - fish, bird, reptiles, amphibians, mammals

Body Covering - scales, hair, skin, feather

Movement - swim, walk and run, hop or jump, fly, crawl

ANIMALS CLASSIFICATION BODY MOVEMENT

COVERING
1. Lizard
2. Toad
3. Bat
4. Maya
5. Yellow Fin
Tuna
6. Crocodile
7. Horse
8. Carabao
9. Salamander
10. Chicken

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 Assessment

Directions: Choose the letter of the correct answer. Write your answer on your activity
notebook.

1. Which of these animals is a mammal?

a. Ape b. Chicken c. Parrot d. Ostrich

2. Which class of animal has skin with fur or hair, feeds their young with milk and maintains a
constant body temperature?
a. mammals b. amphibians c. fish d. reptiles

3. Which class of animal has skin with feathers, lays eggs with a hard shell, has a beak and
maintains a constant body temperature?
a. mammals b. amphibians c. birds d. reptiles

4. To which group do chicken and ducks belong?

a. fish b. reptiles c. birds d. amphibians

5. I lay eggs, and reside in or around water. My body is moist and soft. What am I?
a. mammals b. amphibians c. fish d. reptiles

6. This group of animal is found only in water, has a changing body temperature, skin with
scales, breathes through gills and lays eggs without a shell.
a. mammals b. amphibians c. fish d. reptiles

7. Which of the following vertebrates are warm blooded?

a. fish and reptiles c birds and mammals
b. amphibians and reptiles d. amphibians and mammals

8. Which statement best describes the characteristics of fishes?

a. They live on land and in water.
b. They live in water and they have scales, fins and gills.
c. Their bodies are covered with dry scales and they crawl.
d. Their bodies have feathers and wings to keep them warm.

9. Why do whales belong to the mammalian group?

a. Whales have moist skin for breathing.
b. Whales have lungs and mammary glands.
c. Whales have feathers and wings for flying.
d. Whales have gills and fins for swimming.

10. Snakes, turtles and lizards belong to reptiles because they have dry scales and they lay
eggs from which their offspring are hatched. Does a dog belong to this group?
a. Yes, Dogs belong to this group?
b. No, because it has hair or fur all over his body.
c. Yes, because it has dry scales, it laid eggs and crawl.
d. Yes, because it breathe through their lungs and crawl.

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NAME OF ANIMALS WHAT COVERS ME? HOW DO I BREATHE? HOW DO I MOVE ? HOW DO I
1.Mr. Kangaroo fur or hair lungs walk ,jump Throug
2. Tweety feathers lungs Walk, run, fly Throug
3. Crocks thick dry scale lungs crawl, swim Throug
4. Nemo scales gills swim Throu
5. Mr. Froggy Soft skin lungs jump Throug
Me
Describe
4 1. Five (5) groups
ACTIVITY 2. Mammals, Birds, Amphibians, Reptiles, Fish
3. Mammals ; horse, cow etc…
Birds: Parrot, Maya etc..
Amphibians: Frogs, Salamander, etc…
Reptiles: Crocodile, Turtle, etc…
Fish: Goldfish, Tuna , etc….
4. They all have backbones
5. They differ in characteristics like the covering of their body, how they move and
how they breathe.
Characteristics?
ACTIVITY 3 What are the Group of Vertebrates and its Distinguishing
1. Fish 2. Frog 3. Snake 4. Bird / Eagle 5. Cow
1. Vertebrates are animals that have a spinal column and a skeleton formed from
bones.
I? 2. Vertebrae
What Am 3. Vertebrate animals have a hollow backbone and cranium or skull.
ACTIVITY 2 4.The skeleton holds up and protect the body of an animal
5. All vertebrates reproduce by mating between males and female.
ACTIVITY 1 What are vertebrates?
LESSON 1 The Vertebrates
Key to Answer
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1.A 2. A 3. C 4. C 5. B 6. C 7. C 8. B 9. B
10. B
Assessment:
ANIMALS CLASSIFICATION BODY COVERING MOVEMENT
1. Lizard Reptile Scales Crawl
1. Toad Amphibian Skin Hop or jump
2. Bat Mammal Skin Fly
3. Maya Bird Feather Fly
4. Yellow Fin Fish Scales Swim
Tuna
5. Crocodile Reptile Scales Crawl, swim
6. Horse Mammal Hair Walk, run. jump
7. Carabao Mammal Hair Walk, run
8. Salamander Amphibian Skin Crawl
9. Chicken Bird Feather Walk, run, fly
MORE ACTIVITY 6 KNOW ME
ACTIVITY 5 KNOW ME
Appendices
 Rubrics( Essay)

RUBRICS(Essay)
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Content, Absence of Presented few Some Provided more Provide in
Scientific information, information, informations information but details the
Language, no scientific mentioned one are missing not complete content
Clarity of language scientific applying applying applying the
thoughts applied and language and scientifc scientific scientific
and with faulty few thoughts language language in language all
Grammar grammar and are presented sometimes with most of the the time
spelling. with faulty few thoughts explaination where
spelling and are presented and thoughts thoughts are
grammar. with faulty are presented arranged
spelling and with few faulty properly with
grammar. spelling and correct
grammar. grammar and
spelling.

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