1. Are amphibians vertebrates or invertebrates?
Amphibians are vertebrates.
2. What makes amphibians oviparous? Do amphibians care for their young?
Amphibians lay eggs, but they don’t incubate them and they don´t care for their young.
3. What is amphibian metamorphosis?
Metamorphosis is the process of change when an amphibian goes from larvae (early stages of life) to its´ adult form.
4. Where do young amphibians live? Where do adult amphibians mostly live?
Young amphibians (larvae and tadpoles) live in water, but after metamorphosis, adult amphibians mostly live on land.
5. Are adult amphibians herbivores, carnivores, or omnivores? How do they get food?
Adult amphibians are carnivores and must hunt for food.
6. How do amphibians breathe in early stages of life? How do they breathe as adults?
When they are young, amphibians breathe with gills. As adults, they breathe through their small lungs, and they get oxygen through their thin, smooth skin.