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Living things
The classification
of living things
1
Look at the pictures and read the text. Then answer
the questions in your notebook.
a)
What type of animal doesn’t have a spinal column?
b)
Give three examples of invertebrates.
c)
What are the five main groups of vertebrates?
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Listen and write an example of each of the following.
amulticellular organism a unicellular organism a plant an animal
3
Find out about one of these invertebrates and do
a presentation about it.
snail crab beetle spider
a)
What does it eat?
c)
How does it reproduce?
b)
Where does it live?
d)
Describe its body. Draw a picture
and label it.
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Think about this unit.
a)
What terms do you know for the classification of living things?
Make a mind map.
b)
What do you want to learn about the classification of living
things? Write three questions.
c)
How do living things interact? Draw a picture.
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Sea sponges look like
plants, but they’re animals.
They have no systems:
no nervous system,
no muscular system
and no skeletal system.
However, they have special
cells that absorb nutrients
from sea water as it passes
through their bodies.
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