Evolution Verterbrates

In Room 6 e have been learning to classify animals. Scientists classify animals and plants into groups in order to easily identify, sort and name the.

Classify = Sort
There are many ways to group living organisms.

You can classify animals into two main groups. Vertebrates or invertebrates.

 All vertebrates have

• Covering of skin that protects them
• Skeleton inside their body
• Muscles that help them move
• Blood moves through tubes 
• Lungs or gills to breathing

Invertebrates

• 90% of all animals are invertebrates
• Tend to be small because they do not have a backbone.
• Many live in the ocean because the water helps support their weight.
• Some have a hard covering or shell on the outside of their bodies for protection.
• (e.g Insects, spiders, crabs, snails and clams.