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Invertebrates

Mammals

Reptiles

Amphibians

Fish

Birds

This game will take you through the process scientists use to classify animals . Click on the first box. Read through the information on the screen, and click on the BEST of the choices. Be careful,

though. If you choose the wrong answer, you’ll be taken back to the initial screen, and you’ll have to

start over!

HAVE FUN! Click here to go backand get started.

Invertebrates are animals without a …

Backbone Brain

Painted Bunting Blue Crab

With bright blue coloring along its frontal area, its obvious where this crustacean gets its name…

This insect is also called the velvet ant…

Sand GnatCow Killer

“Housed” in Georgia’s state seashell, this gastropod grows to a length of nine inches…

Ghost ShrimpKnobbed Whelk

This shy underwater cephalopod has eight tentacles and the ability to change colors…

PlanktonOctopus

Go to Mammals.

Animals that have a backbone, hair, produce live offspring, and produce milk to feed their young are called…

Good Parents Mammals

Vertebrates

This marine mammal has its own language – echolocation.

BottlenoseDolphin

Tiger Shark

CabbageheadJellyfish

This member of the canine family is the “top dog” on the food chain on the Georgia Coast.

Coyote

GeorgiaBulldog

FloridaPanther

This nocturnal mammal doesn’t really fly at all, it glides from tree to tree.

FlyingSquirrel

Short-EaredOwl

Armadillo

This member of the weasel family can be found in a variety of Coastal Georgia’s aquatic habitats.

RiverOtter

Alligator

SouthernStingray

Go toReptiles.

Cold-blooded vertebrates that lay eggs and have scales or plates on their skin are called…

Reptiles Amphibians

The world’s largest sea turtle…

LeatherbackSea Turtle

Kemp’s Ridley

This long, slender, legless creature can reach a length of 20 inches, most of which is tail.

Island GlassLizard

Earth Worm

GrassSnake

HognoseSnake

When threatened, this reptile may imitate a cobra or just play dead.

DiamondbackRattlesnake

GopherTortoise

EasternIndigoSnake

GopherFrog

Georgia’s State Reptile

Go toAmphibians.

Animals with smooth, moist skin; they take in oxygen with gills when young, but then develop ______ when older.

Lungs Spots Wings

This coastal Georgia amphibian has sticky pads on its toes used for climbing. Only 1 ½ “ – 2” long, it can jump distances of up to 10’.

GopherTortoise

GreenTreeFrog

BlueDartFrog

This shy creature looks similar to a bull frog, but makes a sound more like a hog – oink!

PigSalamander

PigFrog

PigTrout

This amphibian only emerges from its burrow once a year (at night).

GopherTortoise

TigerSalamander

PigFrog

Amphibians cannot survive in a salt marsh due to the _________.

Pollution Salinity Predators

Amphibians ____________.

Give birth tolive young.

Lay eggs.

Go toFish.

These vertebrates has fins, scales, and take in oxygen with their…

GillsB

LungsA

This fish’s main diet is mosquito larva.

Tiger Sand SharkA

Right WhaleB

Mosquito fishC

The male of this species incubates the inch-long eggs in his mouth until the young are about 3 inches long.

Gafftopsail CatfishA

Mosquito FishB

Blue GillC

Related to the seahorse, the male of thisspecies also has a brood pouch to incubateIts young.

PipefishA

Star FishB

OctopusC

This strange fish has a prehensile tail, which it uses to cling to grasses and corals.

Octopus

Clown Fish

Star Fish

Sea HorseD

C

B

A

Go to After theBirds.

These vertebrates have feathers and lay eggs. Most can also ________.

Talk Fly Swim

North America’s only native stork.

BlueStork

WoodStork

SeaStork

Also known as a “Marsh Hen”, this bird is more often heard than seen.

WildTurkey

ClapperRail

MarshHeron

This magnificent, fish-eating bird of prey builds its nests at the extreme tip of a tree or pole.

PaintedBunting

Osprey Chachalaca

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Now you are ready to explore Georgia’s Amazing Coast …

If you use what you have learned here, you should have a better chance of identifying all classes of amazing

creatures...