2. VERTEBRATES AND INVERTEBRATES
• The animal kingdom is divided into two
groups: vertebrates and invertebrates
• Vertebrates have a backbone.
• Invertebrates haven’t got a
• backbone.
4. 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.
5. 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
6. REPTILES
• They are oviparous, they lay hard eggs on land.
• They have scales.
• They breathe with lungs.
• They live on land and on water.
7. 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.
8. 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.
9. ARTHROPODS
• 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.
12. MOLLUSCS
• They are invertebrate and oviparous.
• They have got a soft body and some
have a shell.
• Many have tentacles.
• They live in water or moist places.
slug
mussels
octopus
cuttlefish
squid
cockels
limpet