Bentham & Hooker's Classification. along with the merits and demerits of the ...
Animal types, diferent types of birds, fishes and earth animals
1. Marine Biologists!
These people are Marine Biologists. They are scientists. They study the animals
and plants that live in the ocean.
Let’s pretend we’re marine biologists. Watch this video and see how many
different types of animals you can spot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hXtrIy95V80
2. Read through the slides to remind yourself about the different types of
animals.
On each page there is a link to a 1 minute video that you can watch
about each animal type. (play this PowerPoint as a slideshow to get the
links and quiz to work)
Once you’ve read the information slides, there is a fun game you can
play to sort the ocean and seaside animals. How many points can you
get?
Instructions
3. Basic Animal Groups
There are lots of different types of animals in the world.
Here are 6 groups of animals on Earth:
Birds Mammals Fish Amphibians Reptiles Invertebrate
Can you name an animal that fits into each animal type?
4. Birds
• Birds have feathers.
• Birds have a bill.
• Most birds can fly.
• Ostriches, kiwis and penguins lost their ability to fly
as their lifestyles were more suited to land or water.
Click here to watch a
video about birds!
5. Fish
• Fish live in water.
• They have skin covered with scales.
• They have two sets of fins.
• They have a set of gills.
Click here to watch
a video about fish!
6. Invertebrates
• Invertebrates do not have a backbone.
• Some have exoskeletons, hard shells outside their body,
like snails.
• Some have no bones, like an octopus.
• Invertebrates are animals like: insects, flatworms,
squid or an octopus.
Click here to watch a
video about
invertebrates!
7. Amphibians
• Amphibians are animals like: frogs, toads,
newts and salamanders.
• They live on land but they tend to go
in water a lot.
Have you ever seen frogspawn?
• Amphibians have moist, slimy skin.
• They lay eggs.
Click here to watch a
video about amphibians!
8. Reptiles
• They have dry, scaly skin.
• They lay eggs with hard shells.
• Reptiles are animals like turtles,
crocodiles, lizards and snakes.
Click here to watch a
video about reptiles!
9. Mammals
• There are lots of different types of mammals.
• We are mammals. So are cows, lions, bats, whales,
dogs and cats.
• Some mammals live on land, e.g. dogs.
• Some live in the water, e.g. whales.
• Mammals have hair or fur.
Click here to watch a
video about mammals!