2. We classify animals for the following
reason :
It makes the study of different types
of Organism easy
We can now all life forms together and
as a whole
It reveals the interrelationship among
organisms
3. Animals
Plants
a living organism that feeds on organic
matter, typically having specialized sense
organs and nervous system and able to
respond rapidly to stimuli.
a living organism of the kind exemplified by
trees, shrubs, herbs, grasses, ferns, and mosses,
typically growing in a permanent site,
absorbing water and inorganic substances
through its roots, and synthesizing nutrients
in its leaves by photosynthesis using the
green pigment chlorophyll.
5. Vertebrates
Invertebrates
Animals of this group have
backbone in their body
Animals of this group do not
contain backbone in their
body
Animals are divided in two types
6. Warm blooded
vertebrates
Cold blooded
vertebrates
Those vertebrates which can change their
body temperature according to the
surrounding temperature article cold blooded
vertebrates .
Those vertebrates which can't change their
body temperature according to the
surrounding temperature and cold warm
blooded vertebrates
7. Example :
goldfish ,
dogfish, shark
Example : Frog,
Toad
Example :
Tortoise,
Snake, Turtle
Example :
Eagle, Pigeon,
Crow
Example : Rat,
Dolphin, Cat
8. Example : Paramecium
Example : Sponge
Example : Jellyfish
Phylum of Invertebrates
Example : Starfish
Example : Fluke
Example : Roundworm
Example : Earthworm
Example : Spider
Example : Snail
Protozoa
Porifera
Coelenterate
Platyhelminthes
Nematoda
Annelida
Arthropoda
Mollusca
Echinodermata
10. Flowering Plants
Non - Flowering
Plants
Plants that bear flowers are
flowering plants
Plants that does not bear
flowers are flowering plants
Plants are divided in two types
11. Flowering plants are divided into 3 types
1. Thallophyta : They are divided in 2
groups (i) Fungi
(ii) Algae
2. Bryophyta : Eg- Moss, Riccia, Marchantia
3. Pteridophyta : Eg- Ferns, Azolla, Marsilea
12. Flowering plants are divided into 2 types
1. Gymnosperm : Eg - Pinus
2. Angiosperm : They are divided in 2 groups
(i) Monocotyledon
(ii) Dicotyledons