1 / 20

Starter

Q1. Which of these are animals ? Q2. Which of the animals are mammals ?. Starter. All animals: are multicellular (made of many cells) can move gets its food by eating other organisms (is a consumer) responds to factors in their environment (e.g. light, temperature). Mammals

uriah
Download Presentation

Starter

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Q1. Which of these are animals? Q2. Which of the animals are mammals? Starter

  2. All animals: • are multicellular (made of many cells) • can move • gets its food by eating other organisms (is a consumer) • responds to factors in their environment (e.g. light, temperature)

  3. Mammals • Mammals belong to a group of animals which have the following characteristics: • Vertebrates (they have a backbone) • Have a four chambered heart • Warm blooded (blood temperature is always kept the same) • covered with fur or hair • Females feed their young on milk

  4. Q: Can mammals lay eggs? A: Yes - they are called ‘monotremes’

  5. There are three groups of mammals Monotremes – lay eggs Marsupials – pouched animals Placental mammals – have placenta attached to the young via umbilical cord

  6. Echidna - Australia

  7. Platypus - Australia

  8. Marsupials (Pouched animals) Koala

  9. Marsupials Kangaroo

  10. Marsupials Opossum

  11. Placental Mammal - Human

More Related