Animal Kingdom
Fish:
- Live in water
- Breathe with gills
- Moist skin covered in scales
- Most lay eggs
- Cartilage or bony skin
- Cold-blooded
Amphibian:
- Moist skin
- Lay their eggs in water
- Larvae breathe with gills
- Adults breathe with lungs
- Adults live on land
- Cold-blooded
Reptile:
- Dry, scaly scales
- Lay eggs
- Breathe with lungs
- Cold-blooded
Bird:
- Covered in feathers
- Lay eggs with hard shells
- Have wings
- Warm-blooded
- Breathe with lungs
Mammal:
- Body covered in hair or fur
- Feed young on milk
- Warm-blooded
- Breathe using lungs
True Worms:
- Body is tubular and/or made up of segments
- Tube-like digestive system
Flat worm:
- Breathe through their skin
- Unsegmented body
Sponges:
- Take in water through pores (little holes) in their bodies from which the filter (take out) little bits of food
Cnidarians:
- Hollow body with specialized cells (stringers) that they use for capturing prey
- Live in water
Molluscs:
- Most live in sea
- Most have shells
- Unsegmented body
Echinoderms:
- A skeleton makeup of five plates
- Tube feet
- Live in the sea
Arthropods:
- Jointed legs
- divided into four further sub-groups
Crustaceans:
- Most are aquatic
- Body divided into three parts
- Most breathe with gills
- Hard outer shell
Myriapods:
- Many pairs of legs
- Single pair or antennae
- Simple eyes
Insects:
- Body divided into three parts
- Three pairs of legs and two pairs of wings
- One pair or antennae on head
- Compound eyes
Arachnids:
- Body divided into two parts
- Four pairs of legs and no wings
- No antennae
Hi Lauren, I liked the way you describe the animal kingdom, simple and direct to the point. The pictures are so cute and interesting too. Keep up the good work !
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