BIRDS Have feathers Lay eggs Feed young by

BIRDS • Have feathers. • Lay eggs. • Feed young by regurgitation. • Are warm-blooded. Ara macao

REPTILES • Are cold-blooded. • Lay eggs. • Offspring feed themselves. • Have a dry skin covered with scales. Vipera berus

AMPHIBIANS • Are cold-blooded. • Lay eggs. • Offspring feed themselves. • Have a smooth, moist skin. • Are able to live on land as well as in the water. Litoria caerulea

FISH • Are cold-blooded. • Lay eggs (but some do give birth to live young). • Offspring feed themselves. • Have a moist skin covered in scales. • Breathe through gills. Carassius auratus

Invertebrates Animals without a backbone. Invertebrate Classification

INVERTEBRATES • There are 8 major groups of invertebrates • Insects • Crustaceans • Worms • Cnidaria • Arachnids • Molluscs • Echinoderms • Porifera

ASSIGNMENT AII • You must produce a LEAFLET on the classification of living organisms to include… • Main characteristics of • • Each of the five kingdoms Reptiles, amphibians, fish, birds, mammals and invertebrates • Give examples of species for each group using their binomial name

ARTHROPODS • Have lots of legs and segmented bodies. • Have an exoskeleton • There are four group of arthropods: • • Arachnids Centipedes & Millipedes Crustaceans Insects

ARTHROPODS - INSECTS • Have three pairs of legs • Bodies divided into three sections • Often have wings

ARTHROPODS - ARACHNIDS • Have four pairs of legs. • Have bodies divided into two sections

ARTHROPODS – CENTIPEDES & MILLIPEDES • Have long thin bodies and pairs of legs on each of their many body sections

ARTHROPODS CRUSTACEANS • Have five-seven pairs of legs • First pair often used as pincers • Bodies covered in shell

MOLLUSCS • Crawl on a single fleshy pad. • Can have a shell

SPONGES - PORIFERA • Have porous bodies made of loosely joined cells

ECHINODERMS • Have bodies divided into five parts • Have spiny outer covering

CNIDARIANS • Have thin sack like bodies • Have tentacles

WORMS • No exoskeleton • No limbs • Bodies are usually long and tubular • Phyla; • Annelid worms, Nematode worm, Platyhelminth worms