Organs and Structures - Day 1 (Classifying Animals)

​Classifying Animals - NOTES

​SC.5.L.14.2: Compare and contrast the function of organs and other physical structures of plants and animals, including humans, for example: some animals have skeletons for support—some with internal skeletons, others with exoskeletons—while some plants have stems for support.

​TODAY’S TARGET: Classify animals into major groups (mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish, arthropods, vertebrates and invertebrates, those having live births and those which lay eggs) according to their physical characteristics and behaviors.

​Classification of Living Things

​I. ​An organism is any living thing.

• Some living things have one cell (Bacteria)

• Some living things have many cells (Plants and Animals)

Multiple Choice

All plants and animals are organisms with ___________.

• one cell

• no cells

• more than one cell

​II. ​Organisms with many cells can be classified as plants, animals, and several other categories.

• ​Plants are organisms able to make their own food from sunlight, water, and air.

  • PRODUCERS

• Animals are organisms than cannot produce their own food.

  • CONSUMERS

Multiple Select

There are three types of consumers. What are they? Click on all three.

• herbivore

• spores

• carnivores

• omnivores

​III. Animals are classified first into two groups: vertebrates and invertebrates.

• A vertebra is one of the bones that makes up an animals backbone.

Multiple Choice

Mammals, fish, birds, reptiles and amphibians are all ___.

• invertebrate

• vertebrate

Multiple Choice

What is the major difference between vertebrates and invertebrates?

• Vertebrates have a backbone and invertebrates do not.

• Invertebrates live in water and vertebrates do not.

• Invertebrates have a backbone and vertebrates do not.

• Invertebrates are smaller than vertebrates.

Multiple Choice

Is this animal a vertebrate or invertebrate?

• invertebrates

• vertebrates

Multiple Choice

Which group does it belong to?

• invertebrate

• vertebrate

Multiple Choice

Which group does it belong to?

• vertebrate

• invertebrate

Multiple Choice

Which group does it belong to?

• vertebrate

• invertebrate

Multiple Choice

Which group does it belong to?

• invertebrate

• vertebrate

Multiple Choice

Crabs, lobsters, and shrimp with hard exoskeletons are ___.

• vertebrates

• invertebrates

Multiple Choice

Which group does it belong to?

• invertebrate

• vertebrate

* Many Animals are Vertebrates

• Mammals Birds Fish

Reptiles Amphibians

- Mammals

• Have hair

• Have lungs

• Have hair

• Warm-blooded

• Give milk to babies

- Birds

• Have feathers

• Have wings

• Have 2 legs

• Lay eggs

• Warm-blooded

* Reptiles

• Have scales

• Have dry skins

• Some lay eggs, some have live young

• 4 legs or NO legs

• Cold-blooded

- Amphibians

• Live on land and water

• Cold-blooded

• Lay eggs

• Wet skin

• Webbed feet

- Fish

• Live in water

• Breathe underwater

• Have gills

• Have fins

• Have scales

• Lay eggs

• Cold-blooded

Multiple Choice

Which animal has fur and feeds its young with milk?

• Birds

• Amphibians

• Reptiles

• Mammals

Multiple Choice

Cold-blooded animals with scaly dry skin are...

• Fish

• Amphibians

• Reptiles

• Mammals

Multiple Choice

This helps fish to breathe oxygen.

• Fins

• Scales

• Gills

• Lungs

Multiple Choice

What type of animal breathes under water, has fins, and lives under water?

• amphibian

• fish

• bird

• reptile

Multiple Choice

Which type of animal has feathers?

• bird

• mammal

• amphibian

• reptiles

Multiple Choice

What type of animal lives on both land and water but lays eggs in the water?

• amphibians

• reptiles

• birds

• fish

Multiple Choice

What classification of animals are humans considered to be in?

• fish

• mammals

• reptiles

• amphibians

Multiple Choice

What classification of animals are  vertebrae (have a backbone)?

• birds only
• reptiles only
• reptiles and birds but not mammals and fish
• mammals, fish, reptiles, amphibians, and birds

Multiple Choice

This class starts out with gills and then transitions to lungs. 

• Bird
• Reptiles
• Amphibians
• Fish

Multiple Choice

This class gives live birth.

• Mammal
• Fish
• Bird
• Amphibian