THE ANIMAL KINGDOM

LUISA CAMBERO

VERTEBRATES AND INVERTEBR

ATES
The animal kingdom is divided into two
groups: vertebrates and invertebrates
Vertebrates have a backbone.
Invertebrates havent got a
backbone.

ANIMAL KINGDOM
VERTEBRATE
S
MAMMALS

FISH

INVERTEBRATE
S
BIRDS

MOLLUSCS

ARTHROPODS
REPTILES

AMPHIBIANS

MAMMALS

They are viviparous and have live babies

who drink milk.
They have fur or hair.
They are herbivores, carnivores or
omnivores.
They live in different habitats.
They move in different ways.

BIRDS
Birds have feathers, wings, two legs and a
beak.
They are oviparous, they lay eggs with hard
shells.
They live in different habitats.
Most of them can fly.
NEST

REPTILES

They are oviparous, they lay hard eggs on land.

They have scales.
They breathe with lungs.
They live on land and on water.

AMPHIBIANS
They lay soft eggs in water. They are
oviparous.
They have moist skin.
At first they breathe with gills and later
they develop lungs.
They live in water and on land.

FISH

They have scales and fins.

They breathe with gills.
They lay soft eggs in water.
They eat plankton, insects, other fish and
water plants.
They live in rivers, lakes and oceans.

ARTHROPOD
S

Arthropods are invertebrates.

They have got segmented bodies and
limbs with joints. Many have antennae.
They have an external armour that
protects their bodies called exoskeleton.
They are oviparous.

ARTHROPODS
Segmented
body

exoskeleton
antennae

joints

DIFFERENTS ARTHROPODS

Aracnids

MOLLUSCS

slug

They are invertebrate and oviparous.

They have got a soft body and some
have a shell.
Many have tentacles.
mussels
They live in water or moist places. octopus
cockels
cuttlefish
squid

limpet

Luisa Cambero
febrero 2016