NATURAL UNIT 3

MAMMALS AND BIRDS.

Name ……………………………………………………… Number

STUDY SHEET

Skeleton/ No skeleton

Vertebrates: Animals with skeleton or backbone.

Invertebrates: Animals without skeleton or backbone.

Some have a shell to protect their bodies.

Mother´s uterus/eggs

Viviparous

grow inside their mother´s uterus.

Oviparous grow inside an egg.

What animals eat

Herbivore

They feed on plants

Carnivore Omnivore

They feed on other animals They feed on plants and other animals

VERTEBRATES

Mammals

BIRTH Viviparous come from mother´s uterus BREATHE. with their lungs BODY COVER with skin or fur.

EAT carnivores feed on other animals. herbivores feed on plants. omnivores feed both other animals and plants

Birds

BIRTH Oviparous: Come from eggs

BREATHE. with their lungs BODY COVER Feathers. BODY PARTS wings.

beak. tail.

Mammals and Birds can be …

carnivores

omnivores

herbivores

Food chain.: it shows how organisms get nutrients.

1 PLANTS: need sun, water and air.

2 HERBIVORES: feed on plants. 3 CARNIVORES: feed on other animals. 4 DECOMPOSERS: feed on remains of living organisms. They enrich the soil for plants.

Ecosystems: are living things and non-living things in an area.

Plants are PRODUCERS. Animals are CONSUMERS.

NON-LIVING THINGS are the Sun, the air and the soil. Provide nutrients.

ACTIVITIES

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7. Label.

Beak head tail wing legs body

8. Match.

Herbivore carnivore omnivore

10. Circle.

11. Complete.

12. Write their names in the correct box.

Vertebrate Invertebrate