Science form 2 notes (mco 2)

Chapter 1 : Biodiversity Date : _____________________

1.2 Classification of Organisms(please find out your answer from textbook pg 7-11)

Animals

Animal without backbone Animal with backbone

Invertebrates Vertebrates

Invertebrates (Animal without backbone)

Invertebrates

Without Legs With Legs

Without segmented body With segmented body Three pairs of More than Three pairs
of legs
legs

Examples: Examples: Examples: Examples:

1) Sponge 1) Tapeworm 1) Ant 1) Spider
2)Sea anemone 2)Earthworm 2)Butterfly 2)Horseshoe crab
3)Corals 3)Leech 3)Cockroach 3)Prawn
4)Planaria 4) Dragonfly 4) Centipede
5) Snail 5) Bee 5) Scorpion

Vertebrates (Animal with backbone)

Vertebrates

Fish Amphibian Reptiles Bird Mammals

Common characterisitic of Common characterisitic of Common Common Common

fish: Amphibians: (live on land & characterisitic of characterisitic of characterisitic of
water) Reptiles: Birds: mammals:
- Poikiolothermic
- Poikiolothermic - Poikiolothermic - Homeothermic - Homeothermic
(body temperature
(body temperature that (body (body (body
that changes to its
changes to its temperature temperature temperature
surrounding)
surrounding) that changes to are constant) are constant)
- Covered with - Covered with
__hard_____ and - Covered with its surrounding) - Covered with
_moist______ skin. - Produce _feathers____ __fur____ or
slimy scales.
__eggs_____ - breath hair.
-Breath through - -young amphibian
with a shell. through - breath
_gills______ breath through _______
_lungs______ through
- lay __eggs______ - Adult amphibian breath - - breath through
- have _wings_ _lungs_
- undergo external through _______ and __lungs_____
to help in fly - give birth and
fertilisation moist skin - have _scales__
- undergo nurse their
_____________ - undergo external and hard skin.
internal youngs
Fertilisation. Fertilisation. - undergo internal
Fertilisation. - undergo
Fertilisation.
internal
Fertilisation.