Chan Ling Sai

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EDD5161A Educational Communications and
TechnologyPowerPoint Presentation (Group
8)Classification of Organisms VERTEBRATES

• Chan Ling Sai
• Chan Tak C
• Cheng Shing Lai
• Cheung Kwok Kin
• Lee Wa Ling

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Students ActivityClassify the following
animals into vertebrates and invertebrates.
Vertebrates Goldfish Snake Humming Bird
Invertebrates Bee Shrimp Earthworm
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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.
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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.
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Classification of Vertebrates
Vertebrates
Mammals
Reptiles
Fish
Amphibians
Birds

• Feathers

• Scales

• Slimy skins,
• no scales

• Dry scales

• 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

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Students Activity

• Which group of vertebrates does the following
  organisms belong to?

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• Reptile (Dinosaur)

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2.

• Fish (Salmon)

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3.

• Mammal (Anteater)

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4.

• Bird (Ostrich)

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• Amphibian (Frog)

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• Insect (Grasshopper)
• Invertebrate