The Animal Kingdom
In
this Natural Science unit we are going to learn about animals and some
different classifications depending on the characteristics.
VERTEBRATES (Animals with a backbone)
-Mammals
They have hair or fur and
lungs. They are viviparous (they have babies). They can be herbivores (they eat
plants), carnivores (they eat other animals) or omnivores (they eat plants and
other animals).
They can walk (people,dogs,
cats…), fly (bats), jump (kangaroos) or
swim (whales and dolphins).
-Birds
They have feathers. They are
oviparous (they lay eggs). They have two wings, two legs a beak and a tail.
They can fly.
Flamingos, penguins, parrots…
-Reptiles
They have dry scaly skin. They
have lungs. They lay hard eggs.
They can slither and walk.
Crocodriles, lizards,
tortoises, snakes…
- Amphibians
They have moist skin. They are
oviparous and they lay soft eggs.
They have gills and lungs.
They can swim and jump.
Frogs, tods and, salamanders
-Fish
They have gills, scales, fins
and a tail.
They are oviparous.
They can swim.
Sharks, goldfish, swordfish,
clownfish…
INVERTEBRATES (Animals
without a backbone)
-Arthropods
They have segmented
body and antennae.
Ladybirds, a dragonfly, a
butterfly, a grasshopper, a beetle…
-Molluscs
Snails, an octopus…
ANIMALS CAN LIVE:
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On land
like tigers, lions, giraffes…
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In water
like frogs, fish …
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In the air, in the sky like birds.
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