Transcript 6 Classes of Animals

6 Classes of Animals
What are the 6 classes of animals?
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Insects
Reptiles
Amphibians
Birds
Fish
Mammals
Insects
• 6 legs
• 3 body parts
– Head, thorax, abdomen
• More than half of all
know living organisms
• Invertebrates
– An animal without a
backbone
• Cold-blooded
• Metamorphosis
Reptiles
• Land animals
• Have dry skin covered
with scales
• Have lungs to breathe
• Hatch from eggs laid on
land
• Vertebrate
• Cold-blooded
• Live in warm areas
• Why?
Amphibians
• Begin life in the water
and move onto land as
adults
• Lay eggs in the water
• Have moist skin
• Have gills and lungs at
some point in their life
• Cold-blooded
• Vertebrate
Amphibians
Name that class?
I hatch from a leathery egg.
Reptile
Name that class?
I go through metamorphosis and
have a backbone.
Amphibian
Name that class?
I have six legs.
Insect
Name that class?
I am cold-blooded and lay my eggs in
the water.
Amphibian
Name that class?
I don’t have a backbone.
Insect
Name that class?
I have dry skin covered with scales.
Reptile
Birds
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Have feathers
Have 2 legs and 2 wings
Have lungs
Hatch from eggs
Warm-blooded
Vertebrates
Most birds can fly
Which birds cannot?
Mammals
• Have fur
• Feed their babies with
milk from the mother’s
body
• Have lungs
• Warm-blooded
• Vertebrates
• Give birth to their
young
Fish
• Are animals that live
their entire lives in
water
• Have gills
• Covered with scales
• Most fish lay eggs but
some give birth to live
young
• Vertebrate
• Cold-Blooded