THE ANIMAL KINGDOM

CONTENTSCLASSIFYING LIVING THINGS: KINGDOMSTHE ANIMAL KINGDOM

What animals eatHow animals move.How animals interact.How animals are born.

VERTEBRATE ANIMALSWhat is a vertebrate animal?Fish.Amphibians.Reptiles.Birds.Mammals.

INVERTEBRATE ANIMALSWhat is an invertebrate animal?Types of invertebrate animals.

CLASSIFYING LIVING THINGS

LIVING THINGS

can be classified as

ANIMALS PLANTS FUNGI

CAN MOVE AROUND

CAN’T MAKE THEIR OWN

FOOD

CAN’T MOVE AROUND

CAN’T MOVE AROUND

CAN’T MAKE THEIR OWN

FOOD

CAN MAKE THEIR OWN

FOOD

WHAT ANIMALS EAT

HERBIVORES CARNIVORES OMNIVORES

THEY EAT PLANTS. THEY EAT ANIMALS. THEY EAT ALL TYPES OF FOOD.

HERBIVORE, CARNIVORE OR OMNIVORE

HOW ANIMALS MOVE

ON LAND IN THE AIR IN THE WATER

THEY CAN WALK AND JUMP WITH

THEIR LEGS.

THEY FLY WITH THEIR WINGS

THEY SWIM WITH THEIR BODIES,

TAILS AND FINS.

ORCRAWL WITH

THEIR BODIES.

HOW ANIMALS INTERACT WITH HUMANS

DOMESTICTHEY KEEP US COMPANY, HELP US WITH SOME WORKS OR GIVE

US FOOD.

WILDTHEY LIVE FREELY IN THEIR

NATURAL ENVIRONMENT.

CHRISTIAN THE HUGGING LION

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sju3kSTAzdI

HOW ANIMALS ARE BORNOVIPAROUS

THEY ARE BORN FROM EGGS.

VIVIPAROUSTHEY ARE BORN FROM THEIR

MOTHER’S WOMB.

OVIPAROUS OR VIVIPAROUS

WHAT IS A VERTEBRATE

ANIMAL?THEY HAVE AN INTERNAL

SKELETON.Vertebrate animals have a spinal column formed by vertebrae.Vertebrate animals can have different body parts:

The head-> The skull.

The trunk-> The spinal column, ribs, shoulder and hips.

The limbs-> Some vertebrates have legs and arms. Others have wings or fins. Some vertebrates have no limbs.

The tail-> An extension of the spinal column.

HEAD

SPINAL COLUMN

LIMBS

HIP

SHOULDER

RIBS

VERTEBRATE ANIMALS

MAMMALS FISH REPTILESMOST FISH ARE

OVIPAROUS ANIMALS AND LIVE

UNDER WATER.

REPTILES ARE OVIPAROUS

ANIMALS. SOME REPTILES WALK

AND SOME CRAWL ON THE GROUND.

MAMMALS ARE VIVIPAROUS

ANIMALS AND DRINK THEIR

MOTHER’S MILK WHEN THEY ARE

BABIES.

AMPHIBIANS BIRDSAMPHIBIANS ARE OVIPAROUS

ANIMALS AND LIVE UNDER WATER AND ON LAND.

BIRDS ARE OVIPAROUS ANIMALS AND THEIR BODY IS COVERED WITH

FEATHERS.

MAMMALS

FISH

REPTILES

AMPHIBIANS

BIRDS

INVERTEBRATE ANIMALS

THEY DON’T HAVE A SPINAL COLUMN, BUT THEY HAVE SOMETHING TO PROTECT THEIR BODIES:

EXOSKELETON SHELL NO PROTECTIVE COVERING