Animal Classification
Characteristics Multicellular Heterotrophs Reproduce sexually They move to find food or escape danger
Vocabulary to Know Carnivore: eat only other animals Herbivore: eat only plants Omnivore: eat both plants and animals
Vocab to Know Predator: Carnivores that hunt and kill animals Prey: the animal being hunted and killed
Vocab to Know Invertebrate: no backbone Vertebrate: have a backbone
Vocab to know Bilateral Symmetry: can be divided into 2 identical halves or mirror images Radial Symmetry: Circular objects that have many lines going through a center point
Animal Phyla Sponges Annelids: Worms Mollusks: Snails, Octopus, Squid Arthropods: Insects, Crabs, Lobster Echinoderms: Starfish Chordates: Fish Amphibians Reptiles Birds Mammals