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Diversity of Animals

This document discusses the diversity of animals and how they can be classified. It covers the common characteristics of animals like movement and feeding. It describes different environments animals can live in, such as aquatic, land, trees, and soil. Animals are classified based on their external features, symmetry, appendages, environments, and diets. There is great variety among animals.

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Diversity of Animals

This document discusses the diversity of animals and how they can be classified. It covers the common characteristics of animals like movement and feeding. It describes different environments animals can live in, such as aquatic, land, trees, and soil. Animals are classified based on their external features, symmetry, appendages, environments, and diets. There is great variety among animals.

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Introduction

Common characteristics of animals

Movements of animals

differences between plants & animals

Aquatic environment

Arboreal environment

Land environment

Soil environment

Diversity in external features of animals

Appendages of animals

Diversity of animals according to the food they take

Classification according to the external features of animals

Classification according to the environment

Summary

The end

INTRODUCTION
There are many types of living organisms in our environment. The differences among them help us to identify them separately. These differences are called the diversity of living beings. The world has become beautiful due to the diversity of living organisms. Because of this diversity we are able to get different types of food, medicine, scents and many other necessities. Back

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COMMON CHARACTERISTICS OF ANIMALS


Movement

Growth
Having

a life span Feeding Breathing Excretion of waste materials Reproduction Sensitivity Back Next

MOVEMENTS OF ANIMALS
Animals

can move about. They have various moving methods.


Type of movement Walking Flying Running Example
Man, ant, lion, tiger, elephant Bat, bee, fly, butterfly, crow Cat , cheetah, man, dog Snake, viper, worm Frog, rabbit, grass hopper, kangaroo Fish, tortoise, alligator, jellyfish

Creeping Jumping
Swimming

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DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ANIMALS & PLANTS


Animals
Growth is limited Depend on others for food Show locomotion

Plants
Growth is limitless Produce own food Do not show locomotion

Inhale O2 & exhale CO2 Inhale CO2 & exhale O2

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AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT
A large surface area of earth is covered by water. From major part is sea water & only a small part is fresh water. Fish is a group of animals that adopted to live in water. And there also few mammals live in water. There are some special features in them to live in water The steam line body shape There fins to swim There are gills for breathing

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ARBOREAL ENVIRONMENT
Animals

that live on trees are called arboreal animals. The animals like birds are include to this group. And also the snakes which live on trees also include to this group.

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LAND ENVIRONMENT
There

is a big variety of animals who lived in the land environment. The animals groups such as mammals, reptiles, insects are belonged to land environment. The diversity that we can see among insects cannot seen among other animals.

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SOIL ENVIRONMENT
There

are many animals living in soil. Earthworm is very important among the animals who live in soil environment. As it helps to fertile the soil and it is a friend of farmers.

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DIVERSITY IN THE EXTERNAL FEATURES OF


ANIMALS
There are many different coloured animals in the animal kingdom. When we examine the shape of animals there we can see differences. Vertebrates including man have bilateral symmetrical shape. These animals can be divided into two equal parts only alone the vertebral column some animals like star fish show the radial symmetry. If we draw any line through its centre it can be divided into two equal parts. That is called radial symmetry

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APPENDAGES OF ANIMALS
The appendages are the organs that animals use to move or locomotion. All animals have no locomotive organs (starfish). There are several types of appendages Legs Animals Locomotive Organs method Wings Dog Walking Legs Moist skin Snakes Creeping Scales Limbs Fish Swimming Fins Fins Birds Flying Wings scales

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DIVERSITY OF ANIMALS ACCORDING TO FOODS THEY


TAKE
Animals feed on different types of food. Some animals consume only plant materials. They are called herbivores. (locust, snail, bull) Some animals consume only flesh of other animals. They are known as carnivores. (shark, frog, lizard) Some animals consume both animals and plants. They are called omnivores. (man, rat, crow, bear)

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CLASSIFICATION OF ANIMALS ACCORDING TO THE EXTERNAL


FEATURES
Green coloured Crab, starfish, locust locust

Radial

Star fish
non green

crab. Star fish

Non radial

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crab

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CLASSIFICATION OF ANIMALS ACCORDING TO THE


ENVIRONMENT
Aquatic Sea lion
Sea lion, bat, elephant, earth worm

Non aquatic
Elephant, bat, earthworm

Arboreal Bat
Soil earthworm

Non arboreal
Elephant, earthworm Non soil elephant

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SUMMARY

Growth, having a life span, breathing, nutrition, excretion, sensitivity locomotion and reproduction are characteristics of living organisms There are similarities and dissimilarities among animals and plants There is a diversity among animals according to the environment such as aquatic, land, arboreal and soil Animals have differences according to the type of symmetry and number of appendages There is a diversity among animals whether they are herbivores, carnivores or omnivores

Dichotomous key is an useful method we use in classification of animals

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CREATED BY :
Grade :6 -D

CHAMOD

St. Annes college.


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