The Animal Kingdom

GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS:
 Most complex of all kingdoms

 Multicellular (made of many cells)

 They obtain food from OUTSIDE SOURCES

 They move from place to place to get food

 They swallow their food and they digest food

inside the body.
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REVIEW

1)INVERTEBRATE- An animal that does not

have a backbone

2) VERTEBRATE- An animal that has a

backbone
9 Phyla of the Animal kingdom
1)Porifera 6) Mollusca

2)Coelenterata 7) Echinoderm

3)Flatworms 8) Arthropoda

4)Roundworms 9) Chordata
 The Animal Kingdom Cont’d

Porifera:
Means “having pores”
Ex: sponges
 The Animal Kingdom

Coelentrata:
Sac-like body
Have tentacles
Ex: hydras, jelly fish, coral, sea anemones
3 Phyla of Worms:
Flatworms

Roundworms

Segmented worms
Molluska:
Hard shell surrounding soft body parts

Live in water & damp places

Examples:
Snail, & Sea Scallop

Only a few do not have shells:

 Octopus & Sea slug
Echinoderms:
Means “spiny-skin”
Star shaped
Spiny
Ex:
Starfish & Sea Urchin
Arthropoda:
Makes up 75% of the animal kingdom
Basic Characteristics:
hard external skeleton
segmented body
jointed legs
Ex: beetle, milli & centipede, spider, crab
Chordata:
Vertebrates
Have internal skeleton
Vertebral column
Limbs

Ex: fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals