Natural SciencesUnit 3 – ANIMAL KINGDOM

CBM SAN CRISTÓBAL – PRIMARY 2

Animals and plants are living things.

Are these living things?

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1) Living things are born…

2) Living things grow…

3) Living things reproduce…

Animals are living thingsThere are many types of

animals!

VERTEBRATES AND INVERTEBRATES

Vertebrate animals have a

skeleton.

…and invertebrate

animals do not have a skeleton.

VERTEBRATES

MAMMALS

Body with fur

They are viviparous: drink their mother’s milk.

FISH

They are oviparous: lay soft eggs in the

water.

BIRDS

They are oviparous: lay eggs.

Tail

Wings to fly.

Beak

They’ve got feathers

REPTILES AMPHIBIANS

Live on land and in water.

Lay soft eggs in water.Lay hard eggs on land.

Dry skin, with scales. Soft moist skin.

Live on land and in water.

Breathe: with lungs. Breathe: first gills, then lungs.

ARTHROPODS MOLLUSCSSegmented body

Soft bodyLimbs with joints

Tentacles

Shell

Live in moist places (or in water)

Animals move in different ways. Elephants walk

Flamingos fly

Sharks swim

Snakes slither

OviparousOviparous animals lay eggs.

ViviparousViviparous animals give birth to live

babies.

Herbivores eat plants.

Carnivores eat animals.

Omnivores eat plants and animals.

Animals have different hábitats.

Some animals live on land.

and some animals live in

water.

Domestic animals live in a farm or

house.

Wild animals live in the jungle or in the

sabanna.

DOMESTIC ANIMALS WILD ANIMALS

Dog fishCat horse rabbit chickenTurtle frog

Monkey sharkCrocodile lionGiraffe snakejellyfish tiger elephant