Animal Diversity
Different types of animals:
- Mammal
- Fish
- Bird
- Insect
- Amphibians
- Reptiles
Characteristics of Mammals:
- Mammals have hair/fur covering its body
- Mammals mainly give birth to live young
- Mammals suckle its young
- Most mammals reproduce by giving birth to young alive
- Mammals are warm blooded
Characteristics of Birds:
- Birds have feather covering its body
- Birds have a beak
- Birds have 2 wings
- All birds reproduce by laying eggs and their eggs are protected by hard shells
- Birds are warm blooded
Characteristics of Insects:
- Insects have an exoskeleton
- Insects have a 3-part body consisting of head, thorax and abdomen
- Insects have 6 legs
- Insects reproduce by laying eggs
- Insects are cold blooded
Characteristics of Fish:
- Fish has scales covering its body
- Fish breathes in water using gills
- Fish swims using its fins and tail
- Most fish reproduce by laying eggs (without hard shells)
- Fish are cold blooded
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Characteristics of Amphibians:
- Amphibians have moist skin as their body covering
- Amphibians breathe through their lungs on land and moist skin in the water.
- Amphibians reproduce by laying eggs without shells in the water.
- The young of amphibians breathe through gills as they live in the water.
- Examples of amphibians are frogs and salamanders.
- Amphibians are cold blooded
Characteristics of Reptiles:
- Reptiles are covered by dry skin with scales
- Reptiles breathe through their lungs.
- Reptiles reproduce by laying eggs on land.
- Some reptiles have a shell to protect their bodies, such as turtles and tortoises.
- Examples: lizards, crocodiles and snakes.
- Reptiles are cold blooded
Classifications:
- Method of reproduction?
- Type of body covering?
- Warm or Cold blooded?
- Method(s) of breathing?
- Live on land or in water?
- Other special characteristics?
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Practice Questions:
1. Brandon observed two animals and recorded his observations in the table below. A tick
(✓) represents that the animal possesses that characteristic.
Characteristics A
It has six legs ✓
It lives in water
It has a pair of wings ✓
What can animal A be?
(1): Penguin
(2): Butterfly
(3): Bat
(4): Eagle
2. Study the table below.
Group C Group D
Bat Turtle
Lion Penguin
Whale Butterfly
Which of the following are suitable headings for Group C and Group D?
Group C Group D
(1) Can fly Cannot fly
(2) Mammals Birds
(3) Lives on land Lives in water
(4) Has hair on body covering Does not have hair as body covering
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3. Is this organism an insect?
4. The classification chart given below shows some animal classified based on a certain
characteristic
- How are the animals in the above classification chart being classified?
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Answers:
1. Animal A has six legs which shows that it is an insect.
2. (4): A bat, a lion and a whale are mammals and have hair as body covering. However, a
lion and a whale cannot fly and a whale does not live on land. A turtle is a reptile that
lives in the water, cannot fly, and does not have hair as body covering. A penguin is a
bird that cannot fly, does not live in the water and does not have hair as body covering. A
butterfly is an insect that can fly, does not live in the water and does not have hair as
body covering.
3. No, the Organism has 8 legs unlike an insect that has 6 legs.
4. The animals group A live on land and the others live in sea
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