Classification of Animals

Vertebrates Invertebrates
-animals
with -animalswithout
backbone. backbone.

COMPETENCY

Prepared by:
JOHN P. KIMMAYONG
 SCIENCE 6
Classification of
Animals
Quarter 2 Week 4-5
S6MT-IIe-f-3
 CONTENT STANDARDS
At the end of the lesson the learners can
differentiate the characteristics of
Vertebrates and Invertebrates.

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS
The learners can make an inventory of vertebrates and
invertebrates that are commonly seen in the community.

MOST ESSENTIAL COMPETENCIES

The learners can determine the distinguishing characteristics of
vertebrates and invertebrates animals.
 Vertebrates -animals with backbone.

Fish

Mammals

Birds Reptiles
Amphibians

LESSONS ACTIVITY EVALUATION

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 Vertebrates
Animals with Backbones
• Animals with backbones are called vertebrates.
• Vertebrates include many different kinds of animals.
They can be found just about everywhere – in
oceans, rivers, forests, mountains, and deserts.
• Animals with backbones can be broken up into
smaller groups by characteristics.
• They are: Mammals, Birds, Amphibians, Reptiles, Fish
 MAMMALS
• Give birth to live young.
• Feed their babies with their own milk.
• Are more or less covered with hair.
• Are warm-blooded.
 AMPHIBIANS

• Are cold-blooded.
• Lay eggs.
• Have a smooth, moist skin.
• Are able to live on land as well as in the water.
 BIRDS
• Have feathers.
• Lay eggs.
• Are warm-blooded.
 FISH

• Are cold-blooded.
• Lay eggs (but some do give birth to
live young).
• Have a moist skin covered in scales.
• Breathe through gills.
 REPTILES

• Are cold-blooded.
• Lay eggs.
• Have dry skin covered with scales.
 Explanation

I am a reptile. My body is
covered in dry scales. I lay
eggs.

1. What am I?
MAMMALS AMPHIBIANS BIRDS FISH REPTILES

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 Explanation

I am an amphibian. My
body is moist and
smooth. I lay eggs. I
like to live in or near to
water.

2.What am I?
MAMMALS AMPHIBIANS BIRDS FISH REPTILES

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 Explanation

Although I have wings, I

am in fact a mammal.
My body is covered in
hair, not feathers. I feed
my babies on milk. I do
not lay eggs.
3. What am I?

MAMMALS AMPHIBIANS BIRDS FISH REPTILES

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 Explanation

I am a mammal. My body is
warm and furry. I feed my
babies on milk. I give birth to
live young.

4. What am I?
REPTILES AMPHIBIANS BIRDS FISH MAMMALS

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 Explanation

I am a bird. My body is
warm and covered with
feathers. I lay eggs which
hatch out into chicks.

5. What am I?

MAMMALS AMPHIBIANS BIRDS FISH REPTILES

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 Explanation

I am a mammal. My body is
warm and furry. I feed my
babies on milk. I give birth to
live young.

6. What am I?
FISH AMPHIBIANS BIRDS MAMMALS REPTILES

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 Explanation

I am a fish. My body is cold to

touch and is covered in
scales. I lay eggs. I use gills
to breathe with under water.

7. What am I?

MAMMALS AMPHIBIANS BIRDS FISH REPTILES

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 Who Wants
Science Quiz 6
to Be
A Millionaire?
Question 1
 1. Study The diagram below. Which group of
animals have both live on land and water?
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A reptiles
B fish
C amphibians
D mammals
 1. Study The diagram below. Which group of
animals have both live on land and water?

A reptiles
B fish
C amphibians
D mammals
Question 2
 2. How are the following animals grouped?

I dolphins whales bat penguin

A reptiles
B mammals
C amphibians
D birds
 2. How are the following animals grouped?

dolphins whales bat penguin

A reptiles
B mammals
C amphibians
D birds
Question 3
 3. Which tells about the distinct characteristics

of legs
I. ItIhas reptiles?
for crawling II. Are warm blooded animals.
III. Has gills and fins IV. Dry scaly skin

A I & IV
B I & III
C II & III
D III & IV
 3. Which tells about the distinct characteristics

of legs
I. It has reptiles?
for crawling II. Are warm blooded animals.
III. Has gills and fins IV. Dry scaly skin

A I & IV
B I & III
C II & III
D III & IV
Question 4
 4. Below is a list of groups of animals. Which
one will best fill in the blank ?
I Kiwi Crocodile Newt
Ostrich Snake Toad
peacock ? Salamander

A turtle
B chicken
C carabao
D tilapia
 4. Below is a list of groups of animals. Which
one will best fill in the blank ?
Kiwi Crocodile Newt
Ostrich Snake Toad
peacock ? Salamander

A turtle
B chicken
C carabao
D tilapia
Question 5
 5. Which does NOT tells about the
distinct characteristics of mammals?
I

A They are warm blooded animals

B They have a scaly skin
C They feed their babies with milk

D Are more or less covered with hair

 5. Which does NOT tells about the
distinct characteristics of mammals?

A They are warm blooded animals

B They have a scaly skin
C They feed their babies
D Are more or less covered with hair
 LESSONS ACTIVITY EVALUATION
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 Invertebrates
Animals without Backbones
• What is an Invertebrate?
• Invertebrates are animals that do not have backbones.
• 97 % of the animal kingdom is made up of
invertebrates.
• Some can be found in ponds, oceans, and other water
environments.
• Insects and some other invertebrates have
exoskeletons. An Exoskeleton is a hard outer covering
that protects an animal’s body and gives it support
• Arthropods are a group of invertebrates with jointed
legs and hard exoskeleton that protect the
arthropod.
• As it grows, it molts, or sheds its old exoskeleton.
• Then it grows a new exoskeleton that allows its
body to continue to grow.
• A lobster is an arthropod.
• The largest group of arthropods are insects.
Characteristics
• It belongs to a group of
invertebrates that have
tiny tube feet and body
parts arranged around
a central area.
• A starfish has five arms
and no head!
• The hard, spiny
covering of the starfish
gives the animal
Echinoderms
protection.
• A sea urchin belongs to
this same group.
• Its body is covered with
spines.
• A mollusk has a hard shell, a rough tongue, and a muscular
foot.
• A snail is a mollusk with a single hard shell.
• A clam has two shells joined together by a hinge.
• Squids and octopuses are also mollusk.
• Their hard shells are small, but they are inside their bodies.
Cnidaria
 Characteristic of Cnidaria
• Corals look like plants but they belong to the
animal kingdom.
• They have soft tubelike bodies with a single
opening surrounded by armlike parts called
tentacles.
• They feed by catching tiny animals in their
tentacles.
• Hydras have tentacles that catch their food.
• They move from place to place.
• Hydras are much smaller animals.
• Jellyfish catch shrimp,fish, and other animals in its
tentacles also.
 Annelida
(Segmented Worms)
• The earthworm belongs
to this group of worms.
• Their bodies are divided
in segments, or sections.
• They prefer burrowing
through moist soil.
• This allows them to move
easily and it keeps them
from drying out.
 Sponges/Porifera
Sponges Characteristics
• They look like plants but they
are animals.
• Sponges stay fixed in one place.
• Their bodies are full of holes
and their skeleton is made of
spiky fibers.
• Water flows through the holes
of their body which enables
them to catch food.
 Platyhelminthes
(Flat Worms)
• They have a head and a tail, and flattened bodies.
• A tapeworm is a flatworm that can live inside the
body of animals and humans. It can cause you to
become sick.
 Nematoda (Round Worms)
• They have rounded bodies.
• They live in damp places and they can also live
inside humans and other animals.
• They too can make people and other animals sick.
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Phylum

Arthropoda

Echino-

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dermata

/
Mollusk

Cnidaria

Annelida

Porifera

Platyhel
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minthes
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Nematoda
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Phylum

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Arthropoda

Echino-
dermata

Mollusk

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Cnidaria

Annelida
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Porifera

Platyhel
minthes
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Nematoda
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Invertebrates Quiz
 Question 1
What is an Invertebrates?

A mammal An animal with a

backbone

An animal A reptile
without a
backbone
Wrong Answer!
 Question 2
It is a hard outer covering that protects an
animal’s body and gives it support?

Exoskeleton Arms

Bones Tentacles
Wrong Answer!
 Question 3
Which of the following is an
examples of a arthropod?

ants starfish

corals earthworms
Wrong Answer!
 Question 4

The organism in the picture is

an___________?

Platyhelminthes- Nematoda-
Flatworm Roundworm

Annelida- Wrong Answer

Segmented Here
Worm
Wrong Answer!
 Question 5
I have a soft body, a hard shell, and live on
land and water. What am I?

Mollusk Arthropods

Annelids Echinoderm
Wrong Answer!
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