Classification Flashcards
What are the key features of mammals?
- Have body hair or fur
- Have mammary glands that produce milk
- Warm blooded
- produce live young
What are the key features of reptiles?
- Have dry, scaly skins
- Egg laying
- Breathe with lungs
- Cold blooded
What are the key features of birds?
- Have feathers and wings
- Lay eggs with hard shells
- Breathe with lungs
- Warm blooded
What are the key features of fish?
- Live in water
- Breathe with gills
- Streamlined bodies
- Have cartilage or bony skeleton
- Cold blooded
- Mostly lay eggs
What are the key features of amphibians?
- Moist skin
- Lay their eggs in water
- Larvae have gills and live in water
- Adults have lungs and live on land
- Cold blooded
What are the key features of molluscs?
They have a soft body, muscular foot used to move around and some have shells. Examples = Slugs, Snails, Octopuses.
What are the key features of Annelids?
They are Worms with bodies divided into rings (segments), they have no legs but do have tiny bristles. Example = Earthworms
What are the key features of Arthropods?
They are invertebrates with jointed legs, their body is divided into segments, their skeleton is on outside of their body and is called an EXOSKELETON, they are the most common kind of animal and there are several different groups within this. Examples = Insects, arachnids, crustaceans, myriapods.
What are the key features of Insects?
They have 6 jointed legs, their bodies are divided into 3 parts and they only have one pair of antennae. Examples = Locust, butterfly, ant
What are the key features of Arachnids?
They have 8 jointed legs and don’t have wings or antennae. Examples = Spiders, scorpions.
What are the key features of Crustaceans?
They have a tough exoskeleton, more than 4 pairs of jointed legs and 2 pairs of antennae . Examples = Lobster, water fleas, woodlice
What are the key features of Myriapods?
They have many pairs of jointed legs and one pair of antennae. Examples = Millipedes, centipedes
What are the key features of mosses?
Produce spores for reproduction
Thin leaves that dry out easily
What are the key features of Ferns?
Leaves are called fronds
Produce spores for reproduction
What are the key features of Conifers?
Tough, thin seeds
Reproduce using seeds
Seeds produced inside cones
