Classification of Living Organisms: Animals
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- Created on: 28-03-16 07:29
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- Animals
- chordates
- most are vertebrates
- have hard, internal skeleton
- fish
- cold blooded
- gills and scales
- example: catfish
- amphibians
- moist skin
- jelly covered eggs
- 4 limbs
- reptiles
- dry and scaly skin
- lungs for gas exchange
- example: snakes
- birds
- feathers
- warm blooded
- internal fertillisation
- mammals
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- feed young with milk from mammary glands
- example: elephants
- annelids
- body covered in mucus to conserve water
- many are hermaphrodite
- molluscs
- nematodes
- no segments
- long cylindrical body
- body covered in mucus
- long muscles
- arthropods
- uses the resources in their habitat to the maximum
- show interesting adaptation in their life cycle
- cructaceans
- many segments
- hard exoskeletons
- example: crab
- arachnids
- 2 body parts
- piercing jaws
- insects
- 3 body parts
- 3 pairs of legs
- 1 or 2 pairs of wings
- compounds eyes
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- myriapods
- long and thin body
- many segments for easy movements through soil
- antennae as sense organs
- chordates
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