Learning Objectives

Distinguish animals, plants and

fungi to determine its importance
in our environment.

Mr Ronald A. Meja.

BIBLICAL PRINCIPLE
Genesis 1:21
21 So God created the great creatures of
the sea and every living thing with which
the water teems and that moves about in
it, according to their kinds, and every
winged bird according to its kind. And God
saw that it was good.

How are animals

classified?

ANIMAL KINGDOM
Charcarcteristis:
Animals are multi-cellular
They are consumers.
They can move
Some animals consist on cells with a few tissue
layers others are complex with organ systems.

Animals are divided into two major groups:

vertebrates and invertebrates.

vertebrate
animal with a backbone

5
classes
of
vertebrates

mammals reptiles

birds amphibians

fish

Vertebrate

Characteristics

Fish

Scales, live in water, coldblooded, lay eggs, gills

Amphibians

Smooth skin, live in water and

land, cold-blooded, lay eggs

Reptiles

Scales, lay eggs, cold-blooded,

lungs

Mammals

Hair or fur, warm-blooded, live

births, lungs

Birds

Feathers, warm-blooded, lay

eggs, lungs

invertebrates

no
backbone

mollusks

worms

arthropods

cnidarians

arthropod

largest group of invertebrates

jointed legs
divided into sections
covered by hard exoskeleton

vertebrate

animal with a backbone

mammals reptiles

5
classes
of
vertebrates

birds amphibians

fish

invertebrate
animal without a backbone

arthropod

largest group of invertebrates

jointed legs
divided into sections
covered by hard exoskeleton