Classification of Animals

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Animals

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Animals

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/ Animals with "ack"ones are called 0erte"rates. / 1erte"rates include many different kinds of animals. ,hey can "e found just a"out e0erywhere 2 in oceans3 ri0ers3 forests3 mountains3 and deserts. / Animals with "ack"ones can "e "roken up into smaller groups "y characteristics. / ,hey are:
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%ish

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%ish Characteristics
/ ,hey are the largest group of 0erte"rates. / ,hey come in many si4es and shapes. / #any fish are co0ered with scales that protects them. / ,hey ha0e fins that help them to steer and "alance in the water. / ,heir "ody temperatures 0ary in the water. / ,hey "reathe through gills.
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Amphi"ians

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Amphi"ian Characteristics
/ ,heir "ody temperature 0aries with their surroundings. / Amphi"ians hatch from eggs and they can li0e on land as an adult. / 5oung amphi"ians "reathe through gills like fish. / Adult amphi"ians "reathe air from lungs. / 'ome ha0e smooth moist skin.
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)eptiles

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)eptile Characteristics
/ / / / / )eptiles can mo0e at 0arious speeds. ,hey lay their eggs on land. ,hey ha0e dry scaly skin. ,hey can include animals as large as a crocodile. ,heir "ody temperature 0aries with their en0ironment. / ,hey li0e in hot3 dry deserts and in warm3 wet tropical rain forests.
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!irds

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!ird Characteristics
/ !irds lay hard shelled eggs that hatch in their nest. / ,here are a"out 63000 types of "irds. / !irds are 0erte"rates that ha0e wings and they are co0ered with feathers. .o other animal has this feature. / ,he "irds skeleton is 0ery light in weight. ,his helps them to fly. / !irds range in si4e from as small as your finger or as large as a human.
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#ammals

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#ammal Characteristics
/ ,hey include a wide range of animals: ape3 lions3 kangaroos3 "ats3 and etc. / ,heir young grows inside the mother. / (umans are mammals "ut they 7animals8 ha0e more hair than we do. / ,he hair keeps the animals warm. / ,hey feed milk to their young.
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&n0erte"rates

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&n0erte"rate Classification
/ hat is an &n0erte"rate9 / &n0erte"rates are animals that do not ha0e "ack"ones. / 6: % of the animal kingdom is made up of in0erte"rates. / 'ome can "e found in ponds3 oceans3 and other water en0ironments. / &nsects and some other in0erte"rates ha0e e;oskeletons.
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An *;oskeleton is a hard outer co0ering that protects an animals "ody and gi0es it support.

,here are si; groups of in0erte"rates. ,hey are:

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'ponges

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'ponges Characteristics
/ ,hey look like plants "ut they are animals. / 'ponges stay fi;ed in one place. / ,heir "odies are full of holes and their skeleton is made of spiky fi"ers. / ater flows through the holes of their "ody which ena"les them to catch food.

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Corals3 (ydras3 and <ellyfish

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Characteristics
/ Corals look like plants "ut they "elong to the animal kingdom. / ,hey ha0e soft tu"elike "odies with a single opening surrounded "y armlike parts called tentacles. / ,hey feed "y catching tiny animals in their tentacles. / (ydras ha0e tentacles that catch their food. / ,hey mo0e from place to place. / (ydras are much smaller animals. / <ellyfish catch shrimp3fish3 and other animals in its adapted from tentacles also. http://gideon.k12.mo.us/teachers/jswi

orms: %latworms3 )oundworms3 and 'egmented worms

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orm Characteristics
/ orms are tu"e=shaped in0erte"rates which allows them to "e put into groups. / ,hey can "e found in "oth land and water en0ironments.

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%latworms
/ ,hey ha0e a head and a tail3 and flattened "odies. / A tapeworm is a flatworm that can li0e inside the "ody of animals and humans. &t can cause you to "ecome sick.

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)oundworm
/ ,hey ha0e rounded "odies. / ,hey li0e in damp places and they can also li0e inside humans and other animals. / ,hey too can make people and other animals sick.

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'egmented worms
/ ,he earthworm "elongs to this group of worms. / ,heir "odies are di0ided in segments3 or sections. / ,hey prefer "urrowing through moist soil. / ,his allows them to mo0e easily and it keeps them from drying out.
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'tarfish and 'ea >rchins

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Characteristics
/ &t "elongs to a group of in0erte"rates that ha0e tiny tu"e feet and "ody parts arranged around a central area. / A starfish has fi0e arms and no head? / ,he hard3 spiny co0ering of the starfish gi0es the animal protection. / A sea urchin "elongs to this same group. / &ts "ody is co0ered with spines.
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#ollusks

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#ollusk Characteristics
/ A mollusk has a hard shell3 a rough tongue3 and a muscular foot. / A snail is a mollusk with a single hard shell. / A clam has two shells joined together "y a hinge. / '@uids and octopuses are also mollusk. / ,heir hard shells are small3 "ut they are inside their "odies.
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Arthropods

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Arthropod Characteristics
/ Arthropods are a group of in0erte"rates with jointed legs and hard e;oskeleton that protect the arthropod. / As it grows3 it molts, or sheds its old e;oskeleton. / ,hen it grows a new e;oskeleton that allows its "ody to continue to grow. / A lo"ster is an arthropod. / ,he largest group of arthropods are insects.
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Arthropods: &nsects3 'piders3 and Centipedes/#illipedes

/ ,hey are the only in0erte"rates that can fly. / &nsects ha0e "odies di0ided into three parts3 and si; legs. / 'piders ha0e jointed legs 7eight legs83 jaws and fangs. / Centipedes and millipedes are also arthropods. / Centipedes uses its many legs to run from enemies. / #illipedes roll up their "odies when they sense danger approaching.
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'ummary
&n0erte"rates do not ha0e "ack"ones. ,hey include the smallest animals such as: spiders3 mites3 insects3 and worms.

1erte"rates do ha0e "ack"ones. ,hey include animals such as: (orses3 "irds3 cats3 dogs3 fish3 li4ards3 and snakes.

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