ANIMALS CLASSIFICATION 3rd grade Escola Montcau Curs 2014-2015
backbone
scales fins
Vocabulary fur feathers
guills
Needs of animals
oxygen
water
food
shelter
Classify the animals by their skeleton: 5 classes of vertebrates
fish
mammals
reptiles
birds
amphibians
VERTEBRATE
CHARACTERISTICS
Fish
Scales, live in water, cold-blooded, lay eggs, guills.
Amphibians
Smooth skin, live in water and land, cold-blooded, lay eggs.
Reptiles
Scales, lay eggs, cold blooded, lungs.
Mammals
Hair or fur, warm-blooded, give birth, lungs.
Birds
Feathers, warm-blooded, lay eggs, lungs.
Classify the animals by what they eat
herbivores
carnivores
These animals eat plants
Theses animals eat other animals
ommnivores These animals eat plants and other animals
Classify the animals acording to how they are born
oviparous
Oviparous animals are born from eggs
Birds, fish, insects reptiles
viviparous
Viviparous animals are born from their mother’s womb. mammals
Animals move different because of the enviroment
In the water
In the air
Animals swim
Animals fly
On land Animals walk
Animals crawl
Animals run
Animals jumps
Classifying animals
oviparous
vertebrates herbivores
mammals
fish
omnivores
amphibians