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Animal kingdom
This document summarizes the animal kingdom by dividing it into two main groups - vertebrates and invertebrates. Vertebrates have backbones while invertebrates do not. It then describes the key characteristics of major vertebrate groups like mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish, as well as some invertebrate groups like arthropods and molluscs. For each group, it highlights traits such as how they reproduce, breathe, move, and live in different habitats.
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Animal kingdom
- 1. THE ANIMAL KINGDOM LUISACAMBERO
- 2. VERTEBRATES AND INVERTEBRATES •The animal kingdom is divided into two groups: vertebrates and invertebrates • Vertebrates have a backbone. • Invertebrates haven’t got a • backbone.
- 3. ANIMAL KINGDOM VERTEBRAT ES VERTEBRAT ES MAMMALS FISHBIRDS REPTILES AMPHIBIANS INVERTEBRATE S MOLLUSCS ARTHROPODS
- 4. MAMMALS• They areviviparous and have live babies who drink milk. • They have fur or hair. • They are herbivores, carnivores or omnivores. • They live in different habitats. • They move in different ways.
- 5. BIRDS • Birds havefeathers, wings, two legs and a beak. • They are oviparous, they lay eggs with hard shells. • They live in different habitats. • Most of them can fly. NEST
- 6. REPTILES • They areoviparous, they lay hard eggs on land. • They have scales. • They breathe with lungs. • They live on land and on water.
- 7. AMPHIBIANS • They laysoft eggs in water. They are oviparous. • They have moist skin. • At first they breathe with gills and later they develop lungs. • They live in water and on land.
- 8. FISH • They havescales and fins. • They breathe with gills. • They lay soft eggs in water. • They eat plankton, insects, other fish and water plants. • They live in rivers, lakes and oceans.
- 9. ARTHROPODS • Arthropods areinvertebrates. • They have got segmented bodies and limbs with joints. Many have antennae. • They have an external armour that protects their bodies called exoskeleton. • They are oviparous.
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- 12. MOLLUSCS • They areinvertebrate and oviparous. • They have got a soft body and some have a shell. • Many have tentacles. • They live in water or moist places. slug mussels octopus cuttlefish squid cockels limpet
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