Classification Prasdoject
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Classification Project Part 1 a) Scientists classify things so they can place them into different categories for sorting i.e. they would classify a Crocodile as a Reptile, because it has scales, not a mammal because it doesn’t have fur. b) Birds Usually fly (exception of penguins) Have feathers most live in nests Eagles Penguins Kookaburra Fish Always in water usually have gills Have scales Snapper Cod Sharks Amphibians No skin covering usually live in damp places Lay eggs in the water Frogs Salamanders Caecilians Vertebrate Group Features Examples Mammalia (mammals) Warm blooded Live birth (not eggs) Hair on body Bats Dolphins Humans Reptiles Live mainly on land Skin covered in scales lay eggs on land Crocodiles Lizards Snake
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Classification ProjectPart 1 a) Scientists classify things so they can place them into different categories for sorting i.e. they would classify a Crocodile as a Reptile, because it has scales, not a mammal because it doesnt have fur. b)BirdsUsually fly e!ception of penguins) "ave feathers most live in nests#agles$enguins%oo&aburra'ish (lways in water usually have gills "ave scalesSnapperCod Shar&s(mphibians )o s&in covering usually live in damp places *ay eggs in the water'rogsSalamandersCaecilians Vertebrate Group Features Examples+ammalia mammals) ,arm blooded *ive birth not eggs) "air on bodyBats-olphins"umansReptiles*ive mainly on land S&in covered in scales lay eggs on landCrocodiles*i.ardsSna&eC) /he scientific word is ectotherm. /he groups that are ectotherms are (mphibians and Reptiles.-) See table above)#) +arsupials are different because they give birth to tiny young, which would then grow inside a pouch. (n e!ample of a marsupial is a %angaroo./he other group is called +onotreme. /hey lay eggs that then hatch, but they also develop in a pouch. (n e!ample of a +onotreme is a $latypus. Part 20. 1uestion2 "ow can insects able to survive a nuclear blast3Seb2 +r $eacoc&, 4ve always wondered2 how do insects survive a nuclear detonation3+r $eacoc&2 ,ell it all comes down to the amount of radiation that it gets.Seb2 "ow much can a normal human ta&e3+r $eacoc&2 ( normal human would usually die after a dose from 566 to 7666 rads. /hey can get this much even from 07 &ilometres away8Seb2 So how much could an insect manage3+r $eacoc&2 ,ell insects are able to survive doses of 59,666 to :9,666 rads with no apparent ill effect. 4t can ta&e up to 796,666 rads to be sure of&illing a wasp called "abrobracon.http://www.abc.net.au/science/articles/2006/02/23/1567313.htmPart 4Salt ,ater Crocodile/he salt water crocodile is the largest reptile currently living in the world. 4t is found in )orthern (ustralia, the eastern coast of 4ndia and parts of the easternside of south (sia. %4);-
