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Lesson 1.

6: Classifying vertebrates
Learning outcomes:
At the end of this lesson, learner will be able to:

1.Describe a species as a group of organisms that can


reproduce to produce fertile offspring.
2.Sort, group and classify organisms through secondary
information.
Period 1:
Classify vertebrates into five groups:
What Can You Feel?
Reach your hand behind your back. Place your hand on
the middle of your back and run your fingers up and
down.
Talk
about What can you feel?
it!

The bumps you can feel going up the middle of your


back are part of your backbone. Another word for
backbone is spine.

The spine is a series of bones called vertebrae.


The spine helps us stay upright and helps us
twist and move. It also protects special things
called nerves that carry messages to and from
the brain.
What Is a Vertebrate?
A vertebrate is an animal that has a spine. We just felt our spines, so that
means humans are vertebrates.
Animals that do not have spines are called invertebrates.

Talk
Can you think of some animals that might be
about
invertebrates?
it!
Click to see some animals that are invertebrates.

butterfly worm snail


Vertebrates
Cats, rabbits, and dogs are all vertebrates because they have spines.
Click on the animal to perform an x-ray and reveal its skeleton.

Talk
about Can you see the animals’ spines?
it!
Starter:

WHHAT IS A VERTEBRATE?

Vertebrates are animal with backbones. They are often relatively big,
because they are supported by their bony skeletons.
Many vertebrates live on land, so we see them around us every day.
Classifying Vertebrates
To classify animals, we ask questions about features they have.

Talk
What questions could we ask about the different
about
characteristics of animals?
it!

Here are some questions you could ask:

Does the animal have feathers?

Does the animal have scales?

Does the animal have fur?

Does the animal have four legs?


Classifying Vertebrates
There are many ways of classifying Does it have
vertebrates. It helps us learn more about an feathers?
animal.
A classification key can help sort animals. ye no
Talk Ask questions about s
about an animal and follow
it! the path down the key. Does it have fur?

ye
no
s

Is it a wild animal?

lion ye
no
s
We classify the vertebrates into five groups:

Vertebrates
FISH

AMPHIBIANS

REPTILES

BIRDS

MAMMALS
Exit Ticket
fish
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fish
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fish
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fish
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fish
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Period 2:
Identify the characteristics per each animal group
Basic Animal
Groups
Scientists estimate that there are 8.7 million
species of animal on Earth.

There are 6 groups of animals on Earth:

Birds Mammal Fish Amphibian Reptiles Invertebra


s s te
FISH
Fish live in water.
They have scales covering their bodies.
They lay eggs in water to reproduce.

They have gills for breathing in water.

They have fins and a tail.

Their body temperature varies with the


temperature of their surroundings.
AMPHIBIANS
These animals live in water and on land at different
times in their life cycle.

They have moist, smooth skin.


They lay eggs in water to reproduce.
They have four legs.
They breathe through their skin and their
lungs when they are adults.

Their body temperature varies with the


temperature of their surroundings.
REPTILES
These animals don’t need water to bread.

They have dry scaly skin.

They lay eggs with leathery skins on the land


to reproduce.
They have four legs, except for snakes .
They use lungs for breathing air.
Their body temperature varies with the
temperature of their surroundings.
BIRDS
This group of animals live on the land, although
some spend a lot of time on the water. Most can fly.

They all have feathers and beaks.


They lay eggs with hard shells on the land.
They have two legs and two wings- even if
they cannot fly.

They breathe air using lungs.


They can control their own temperature – it stays
the same whatever the temperature of their
surroundings.
MAMMALS
Most mammals live on the land. Some live in water
and a few can even fly.
They all have fur.
They give birth to live young and make milk
to feed them.
They have 4 limbs. The front limbs may form arms
(monkeys), flippers (whales) or wings (bats)

They breathe air using lungs.


They can control their own body temperature – it stays the
same whatever the temperature of their surroundings.
UNUSUAL ORGANISMS
Some organisms are difficult to classify because they are
unusual or have characteristics from more than one
vertebrate group.
Observing the outer covering is often a good way to
decide which group an animal belongs to:
Look at the armadillo in fig 1.6F :
it has leathery scales
Low body temperature REPTILE

You can see soft fur under its armour. It’s actually a MAMMAL which gives
birth to live young and feeds them
on milk.
My identity:

UAE Rich with multiple goods environment fertile,


natural resources biological longer national wealth
must be preserved, so it was the direction of UAE to
create a specific space and be under the supervision of
the competent bodies under the auspices and
protection of animals and rare plants threatened with
extinction, and the imposition of the Prevention fishing
for these many rare species laws nature reserves
animals such as the Arabian oryx, mountain gazelle,
Arabian wolf, red foxes, otters sand, wild rabbits and
cats, and some types of reptiles, and the number of
nature reserves in the UAE, 21 nature reserves, which
occupies 7% of the country.
Natural biospheres are being developed worldwide in order to
preserve and prevent the extinction of endangered species.
Living organisms can be classified using their
similarities and differences.

Vertebrates are animals with backbones. They


include fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds and
mammals.
Exit Ticket: Questions page 31:
1. Use the evidence below to classify each of these animals.
a- komodo dragons have a dry, scaly skin.
b- Sea horses live in water and breathe through gills.
c- sea turtles lay their eggs in the sand.
d- Dolphins feed their young on milk.

2. Explain what makes each of the following vertebrates different from most of their
group: bat, whale, snake and penguin.

3. Describe and classify two vertebrates which live their whole lives in water but
belong to different classification groups.

4. Describe and classify two vertebrates that live on the land but belong to different
classification groups.

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