Classification of Animals

Name the five Major Kingdoms.

• Carnivores, herbivores, omnivores, predators, and prey

• Animals, plants, landforms, decomposers, and microscopic organisms

• Animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, and protists

• Animals, plants, insects, microscopic organisms, and sea creatures

Name 5 groups of vertebrates.

• Fish, whales, manatees, jellyfish, and dolphins

• Plants, insects, microorganisms, decomposers, and landforms

• Snakes, lizards, frogs, turtles, and alligators

• Mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish

What is an adaptation?

• The place that animals live.

• A body part, body covering, or a way that an animal behaves to stay alive in its environment.

• How animals give birth to their young.

• How animals feed their young.

What 2 major groups are the animal kingdom divided into?

• Plants and Animals

• Insects and Animals

• Vertebrates and Invertebrates

• Plants and Insects

Name 2 invertebrates.

• butterfly and cheetah

• dolphin and sea urchin

• snake and frog

• spider and earthworm

What is a vertebrate.

• An animal without a backbone.

• An animal with fur or hair.

• An animal with a backbone.

• An animal without fur or hair.

Name 3 characteristics of reptiles.

• Invertebrate, cold-blooded, have moist skin

• Warm-blooded, have scales, breathes with lungs

• Warm-blooded, have moist skin, vertebrate

• Cold-blooded, have scales, breathes with lungs

Name 2 vertebrates.

• Whale and spider

• Cat and dog

• Jellyfish and bumblebee

• Lobster and horse

What is an invertebrate?

• An animal with a backbone.

• An animal with scales.

• An animal without a backbone.

• An animal with feathers.

What adaptations does a beaver have?

• Webbed feet, thick tail, and flaps of skin (help beaver underwater)

• Long beak, long toes, tong tongue

• Large ears, long legs, thick fur

• Hard shell covering body, short legs, large eyes

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