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    This document discusses animal diversity and classification. It notes that animals can be grouped based on their locomotion, body shape, color, size, nutrition, and feeding mechanism. Classification is important for naming organisms, identifying them, and studying them. Animals are classified scientifically as either vertebrates, which have backbones, or invertebrates, which do not. Major vertebrate groups include fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. Camouflage allows many animals to blend in with their environments and avoid predators or find prey more easily. Body shape also influences locomotion. A dichotomous key uses distinguishing features to classify organisms through a series of choices that narrow down to one group.

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    This document discusses animal diversity and classification. It notes that animals can be grouped based on their locomotion, body shape, color, size, nutrition, and feeding mechanism. Classification is important for naming organisms, identifying them, and studying them. Animals are classified scientifically as either vertebrates, which have backbones, or invertebrates, which do not. Major vertebrate groups include fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals. Camouflage allows many animals to blend in with their environments and avoid predators or find prey more easily. Body shape also influences locomotion. A dichotomous key uses distinguishing features to classify organisms through a series of choices that narrow down to one group.

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    6.

    Animal diversity
    Different criteria used to group animals.

    ★ Mode of locomotion
    ★ Body shape
    ★ Body colour
    ★ Size of the body
    ★ Mode of nutrition
    ★ Based on the feeding mechanism
    ● Chew & swallow
    ● swallow without chewing
    ● Chew
    ● Suck
    Uses of classification
    ➢ Easy for naming
    ➢ Help to identify the organisms
    ➢ Easy to study

    A scientific way of classification is essential to


    group animals.
    Classification of animals

    Vertebrates Invertebrates
    Animals with a backbone Animals without a backbone
    Groups of vertebrates

    Fish Amphibians Reptiles Birds Mammals


    Fish

    Amphibians
    Reptiles

    Birds
    Mammals

    Do activity 6.1
    Adaptations of organisms to environment
    The ability of organisms adapt to their environment is
    called adaptation.
    These adaptations are useful for them to fulfil their needs.
    ★ Food
    ★ Shelter
    ★ Protection
    Camouflage

    The difficulty to identify animals


    separately from their surroundings due
    to blending of body colour to particular
    environments is called camouflage.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=
    ioblgpA5eTo
    Do Assignment 6.3
    Benefits due to camouflage

    ★ Most of the animals do not become victims to predators.


    ★ Help to find prey.
    How shape helps the existence of animals
    Body shape of animals is also very important for locomotion.
    Write observations and conclusion.
    Use of dichotomous key for classification of
    organisms
    Features of dichotomous key
    ❖ Select a feature that could be differentiated easily.
    (Dichotomous keys are used to classify organisms
    mainly based on their external features.)
    ❖ Consider one feature at a time and separate that
    feature as present or absent.
    ❖ Finally, separate the items so that only one item will
    remain at the end.
    Do the exercise on page number 85

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