1. EDD5161A : Educational Communications and Technology PowerPoint Presentation (Group 8) Classification of Organisms : VERTEBRATES

2. Organisms
Animals
Plants

3. Organisms
Animals
Plants

4. Animals Invertebrates (animals without backbone) Vertebrates
(animals with backbone)

5. Students’ Activity Classify the following animals into vertebrates and invertebrates.
Goldfish
Snake
Humming Bird
Invertebrates:
Bee
Shrimp
Earthworm

6. Examples of Vertebrates (4)
What are their general characteristics?
Breathe with lungs
Shelled eggs
Can control body temperature
Able to fly
With feathers & beaks
2 wings & 2 legs
This group of vertebrates is called BIRDS.

7. Examples of Vertebrates (5)
What are their general characteristics?
Breathe with lungs
With mammary glands for feeding their young
Can control body temperature
Live on land, in water or in air.
Body covered with hairs
4 limbs
This group of vertebrates is called MAMMALS.

8. Classification of Vertebrates
Fish
Amphibians
Reptiles
Birds
Mammals
Scales
Slimy skins,
no scales
Dry scales
Feathers
Hairs
4 limbs
4 limbs
2 limbs +
2 wings
4 limbs
Fins
Lungs
Lungs
Lungs
Gills
Gills (Larvae)
Lungs (Adult)
Eggs
Shelled-
eggs
Shelled-
eggs
Born alive
Eggs
Cannot control their own body Temperature
Can control their own body
Temperature
mammary glands
beaks

9. Which group of vertebrates does the following organisms belong to?
Students’ Activity:
Which group of vertebrates does the following organisms belong to?

10. 1.
Reptile (Dinosaur)

11. 2.
Fish (Salmon)

12. 3.
Mammal (Anteater)

13. 4.
Bird (Ostrich)

14. 5.
Amphibian (Frog)

15. 6.
Insect (Grasshopper)
Invertebrate