THE VARIETY OF LIVING THINGS

The Characteristics of Living Things

Movement
In search of shelter, food and mate

Growth
Increase in size

Respiration
Breathe to absorb Oxygen

The Characteristics of Living Things

Food Consumption
Consume food for energy

Response
React to stimuli

Excretion
Excrete wastes produce from their body

LIVING THINGS

HUMAN

ANIMALS

PLANTS

Classification of Animals
ANIMALS

VERTEBRATES (have backbones)

INVERTEBRATES (do not have backbones)

VERTEBRATES (have backbones)

FISH (pisces)

REPTILES (reptilia)

MAMMALS (mammalia)

AMPHIBIANS (amphibia)

BIRDS (aves)

INVERTEBRATES (do not have backbones)

STARFISH GROUP

JELLYFISH GROUP

MOLLUSCS

FLATWORMS

SPONGES

SEGMENTED WORMS

ARTHROPODS

ROUNDWORMS

INVERTEBRATES
STARFISH GROUP
Marine creatures, do not have distinct head

SEGMENTED WORMS
Found in marine, freshwater and terrestrial environments

JELLYFISH GROUP
Live in oceans, have body like bells or umbrella

INVERTEBRATES
ARTHROPODS
Segmented body enclosed in a tough exoskeleton

MOLLUSCS
Found in forest, freshwater streams, lakes and in deep sea. Have internal or external shell

ROUNDWORMS
Living in wildlife species as parasites. Have long, cylindrical bodies with tapered or rounded ends

INVERTEBRATES
FLATWORMS
Found in many places including marine and freshwater. Have flat bodies, and majority of them are parasitic

SPONGES
The simplest forms of multi-cellular animals. Can be found growing at the bottom of sea and on ocean floors and rock

IDENTIFICATION KEYS
A systematic ways to

identify unknown

organisms. The key provides questions

about the organisms appearance and structure. The questions become more specific as we move down the key.