UNIT 1: ANIMAL KINGDOM

VERTEBRATES
(They have a backbone and an internal skeleton.)
MAMMALS BIRDS REPTILES AMPHIBIANS FISH

They are viviparous. They are oviparous. Most of them are They are oviparous. They are
oviparous. They lay eggs in oviparous.
water.
They are born from They incubate their They lay eggs on land. They live part of Sharks are
their mother´s eggs, they sit on them their lives in water ovoviviparous,
womb. to warm them. and part on land. babies grow in
eggs and hatch in
the mother´s
womb.
They drink their They breathe with They breathe with Babies breathe with They breathe with
mother’s milk. lungs. lungs. gills and adults gills.
breathe with lungs.
Some mammals live They have wings and Most have 4 limbs, Babies change Shoal: big group of
in the sea and use beaks. Their shape but some don´t have. through fish.
flippers to swim. depends on what they metamorphosis: Pack: group of fish
(dolphin, seal…) eat (seeds eating, that move to hunt
The bat flies and it carnivores, fish better (sharks).
is nocturnal. eating or nectar School: fish
eating) moving in the same
direction.
They have fur or They have feathers They have scales. They have moist They have scales.
hair. that are waterproof. skin.
Most have 4 legs Some birds can fly. They spend most of They have webbed They swim.
and live on land. their time on land, feet.
some in water.
They breathe with They find food for Most are carnivores Most of them have They have fins
lungs. their babies until but some are 4 limbs. and a tail.
they can do it by omnivores.
themselves.

bat
shark
frog
ostrich lizard

lion
clownfish
newt
turtle
whale parrots
manta ray

salamander
echidna snake
penguin
seahorse
 VERTEBRATES NUTRITION
CONSUMERS: living things that eat other living things.

CARNIVORES: HERBIVORES: OMNIVORES:

They eat other animals. They eat plants. They eat meat and plants.

THE SHAPE OF THE BIRD´S BEAK DEPENDS ON WHAT IT EATS

Carnivores Nectar eating Fish eating

Seed eating
Their beaks are Their beaks are long Their beaks are
Their beaks are short
strong, sharp and and thin. large and long.
and thick.
hooked.

INVERTEBRATES
(They don’t have a backbone or an internal skeleton)

ARTHROPODS MOLLUSCS OTHER

INVERTEBRATE

GROUPS

CRUSTACEANS GASTROPODS ECHINODERMS

INSECTS BIVALVES ANNELIDS

MYRIAPODS CEPHALOPODS CNIDARIANS

ARACHNIDS

ARTHROPODS

CRUSTACEANS INSECTS MYRIAPODS ARACHNIDS

Its body is divided The body is divided They have long, thin The body is divided
into cephalothorax and into 3 parts: head, and segmented bodies, into cephalothorax
abdomen. They have 4 thorax and abdomen. 2 antennae and many (head and thorax) and
antennae, 10 legs and a They have 2 antennae, legs. They live in dark abdomen. They have 8
thick exoskeleton, the wings and 6 legs. places. legs and maximum 8
2 front legs are claws. eyes.

crab
centipede spider
ant
 MOLLUCS

GASTROPODS BIVALVES CEPHALOPODS

Soft body, a protective shell, 2 Soft body, 2 shells connected Soft body, most don’t have a
antennae with eyes, live in at one point, live in water. external shell, large head with
water or land. tentacles, live in water.

snail mussels squids

OTHER INVERTEBRATE GROUPS

ECHINODERMS ANNELIDS CNIDARIANS

starfish worms jellyfish