Animal KingdomMrs. Stoshack 5th Grade

Vertebrates- Animals with back bones

Fish

Amphibians

Reptiles

Birds

Mammals

Fish

Most diverse vertebrate group

These vertebrates live their whole life in water

Most fish have gills

Fish are usually covered by scales

Amphibians

Live part of their life in water and part of their life on land

Most adult amphibians live on land, but need water to reproduce

Amphibians have thin moist skin and four legs

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Reptiles

Most have thick dry skin covered with scales

Reproduce on land

Reptiles breathe with lungs

Birds

Are different from all other vertebrates in that they have both feathers and wings

Birds have hollow bones and air sacs that help them to fly

Mammals

Mother’s take care of and feed their young milk.

Humans are mammals.

All mammals have fur or hair.

Invertebrates- Animals without back bones

Sponge

Cnidaria

Platyhelminthes

Nematoda

Mollusks

Arthropods

Echinodermata

Sponge

A sponge’s body is like a tube with a lot of holes in it.

They have some tissues but no organs

Cnidaria

Do NOT have heads or tails

Live in water

They have soft bodies with tentacles.

Hydras, sea anemones, jellyfish

Platyhelminthes- Flatworms

Bodies are flat

They have heads and tails

Do not have true organ systems

Some live in water while others live inside other animals

Nematoda- Roundworms

Have round bodies, a digestive system, and a simple nervous system

Live all over Earth, including inside plants and animals

Mollusks

They have a shell that may be either inside or outside of their body

3 main body parts- foot, mantle and a compartment for internal organs

They have gills for breathing, jaws for capturing food, a circulatory system, and some have brains

Snails, clams octopuses

Arthropods

Insects, spiders, and crustations

There are more arthropods on Earth than any other animal

They have a tough outer skeleton, jointed legs, and a body made up of sections

Echinoderms - Starfish

Most have spiny skin and tubelike feet with suction cups

Skeleton is inside its body

Resources:

http://animalkingdom.net/category/vertebrates/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertebrate

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invertebrate

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/invertebrates/

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