UNIT 1.

INVERTEBRATES

PRIMARY 4 / Natural Science

Pedro Antonio López Hernández
 INVERTEBRATES

Characteristics of invertebrates Classifying of invertebrates Types of invertebrates

- They eat other living things. Invertebrates don´t have

- Sponges
- Nearly all of them can move INTERNAL SKELETON.
from one place to another. - Jellyfish
- They are oviparous because
they lay eggs. - Worms

- Arthropods

- Molluscs

- Echinoderms
 - They are the largest group of
arthropods.
Thorax

Beetle - Their body is divided into three parts:

Ant Ladybird Insects HEAD, THORAX and ABDOMEN.
Wings
- They have two ANTENNAE and
many WINGS.
Grasshopper Butterfly Abdomen
- They have SIX LEGS
Antennae
Legs
ARTHROPODS
- Their body is divided into two
parts: CEPHALOTHORAX (it is
Arachnids formed by the head and thorax
combined) and ABDOMEN.
- It is the biggest and most
important group of - They don´t have ANTENNAE or
invertebrates. WINGS.

- They have an EXTERNAL

SKELETON that protects Antennae
Legs
their body.
- The majority of crustaceans have
- They also have many legs. a body divided into two parts:
CEPHALOTHORAX and ABDOMEN.
- They can live on land, in Crustaceans - They have two ANTENNAE and
water and in the air.
don´t have WINGS.
Cephalothorax
Abdomen

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Sponges
- They live at the bottom
of the sea.
- They are FIXED to the
ground.
- Their body is full of
holes, known as PORES
(Food and water enter
their body through
these pores).
Echinoderms (Starfish - They have long soft
and urchins)
They have many small feet
that they use to move along
the bottom of the ocean. - Some of them live in
Molluscs
Jellyfish
- They can live on land
- They can be very (terrestrial) or in water
dangerous animals. (aquatic).
- They have poisonous - They have SOFT MUSCULAR
TENTACLES that they BODIES to move along the
use to hunt other ground or water.
animals and to defend
themselves. - They have a SHELL.
- There are three types of
molluscs that have shells:
• Molluscs with two shells
which are called VALVES. For
example: Mussels.
Worms
segmented bodies • Molluscs with one shell. For
example: Snails.
that is made up of
RINGS.
• Molluscs with an internal
the ground and shell. For example: Squid.
others live in the
water.