Classification of Animals

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Classification

Grouping & Identifying Living Things

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Why classify?

Think of three examples where we group things.

Why do we group these things?

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Classifying Living Things

We put livings things into two large groups:

Animals

Plants

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Animals

Animals are spilt into two major groups:

Vertebrates

Invertebrates

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Vertebrates

These are animals with a backbone.

There are five groups of vertebrates:

Amphibians

Birds

Fish

Mammals

Reptiles

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Amphibians

Have moist skin

Lay jelly coated eggs in water

Lives on land and water

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Birds

Have feathers and hollow bones

Lay hard shelled eggs

Warm blooded

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Fish

Have wet scales

Lays eggs in water

Lives in water

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Mammals

Have hair and produce milk

Give birth to live offspring (no eggs)

Warm blooded

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Reptiles

Have dry scales

Lay leathery shelled eggs

Cold blooded

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Summary of Vertebrates

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Invertebrates

These are animals without a backbone

There are eight groups of invertebrates

Molluscs

Flatworms

Annelids

Roundworms

Sponges

Echinoderms

Cnidarians

Arthropods

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Molluscs

Crawl on a single fleshy pad.

Can have a shell

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Flatworms

Have flat worm like bodies

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Annelids

Have round worm like bodies

Have bodies divided into segments

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