Group and classify living things - L1 - Group animals

1) What bone is the arrow pointing to?

2) The skeleton provides support, __________ and helps
with movement.

3)

What is an exoskeleton?

4) True or false?
All animals have a spine.

protection

thespine

a type of skeleton on the outside of an animal’s body

false

Which animal is a mammal?

What are the features of mammals?

Mammals have hair or fur on their bodies

and feed their young on milk.

Which animal is an amphibian?

What is the difference between amphibians and reptiles?

webbed feet

live on land and in water

dry scales

What is the same about these animals?What is different about these animals?

Which group does each animal belong in?

reptile

mammal

amphibian

bird

fish

reptile

mammal

amphibian

bird

fish

mammals

amphibians

birds

fish

reptiles

All these animals have a spine.

Where is the spine in each of these animals? Animals with a spine are called vertebrates.

How could we group these animals?

has fur

has dry scales

gecko

snake

mouse

goat

Group these animals.

How many ways could you group these animals?

These animals have beaks, feathers and lay eggs.

What do these animals have in common?

not vertebrates

Diddy sorts animals into two groups.

Do you agree with Diddy’s sorting?

vertebrates

The snake is a reptile which are vertebrates.

fur

beak

feeds young on milk

lays eggs

webbed feet

Which vertebrate group could a platypus be in?
It could be a bird as it lays eggs and has a beak.

This animal is a platypus.

It could be an amphibian as it has webbed feet.

Some animals can be harder to group.

fur

beak

feeds young on milk

lays eggs

webbed feet

It could be a bird as it lays

eggs and has a beak.

It could be an amphibian

as it has webbed feet.

What do you think?

A platypus is a mammal as it has fur and feeds its young milk.

Which vertebrate group is being described in the table?

Vertebrate group

Description

an animal with a spine, fins
and gills, that lives in water

an animal with a spine, fur or
hair on its body and feeds its

young on milk

an animal with a spine and dry

scales on its body

an animal with a spine that
can live on land and in water

an animal with a spine,

feathers, wings and a beak

fish

mammal

reptile

amphibian

bird

Mammals
have fur or
hair on their

bodies.

Classify

Animals with a

spine are

called

vertebrates.

Reptiles have
a spine and
dry scales.

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