Wednesday reading about classes of animals
Class ‘Aves’
New words
- Maintain - keep
- Possess - have
- Grasp - grab
- Wading - walking through water
- Rapidly - quickly, fast
- Talons - claws on toes
Main characteristics of Aves
- Warm blooded vertebrates that have wings and feathers
- Different kinds of birds eat different foods -
- they eat seeds, nectar from flowers, insects,
- worms, and sometimes small animals.
- Birds have beaks.
- Birds are bipedal.
- There are 4 types of birds - perching birds,
- flightless birds, birds of prey and water birds.
Class ‘Amphibians’
New words
- Respiration - breathing
- Aids - helps
- Terrestrial - land
- Offspring - babies, children
- Larvae - the early stage of life (look like a maggot kind of)
- Metamorphosis - the process of growing
- Hind legs - back legs
- Aquatic - live in water
Main characteristics of amphibians
- Live both on land and water.
- Lay eggs in water.
- Cold-blooded
- Breathe through their skin - their skin must stay moist.
- Have webbed feet.
Class ‘Fish’
New words
- Torpedo-shaped - shaped like a rocket
- External - outside
Main characteristics of fish
- Cold-blooded
- Have fins and gills
- Fish don’t get pregnant, they put their eggs
- (babies) into the water.
Class ‘reptiles’
New words
- Locomotion - movement
- Broad - wide
- Narrow - skinny
- Fangs - teeth
- Venom - poisonous liquid
Main characteristics of reptiles
- Dry-scaly like skin
- Limbs make them go fast
- Lay eggs
- Have earholes, not ears
- Cold-blooded
Class ‘mammals’
New words
- Sweat glands - part of your body that makes you sweat
- Partially - part
- Derived - comes from
- Insulator - keep warm
- Approximately - about, roughly
Main characteristics of mammals
- Warm blooded
- Have live babies and mothers feed babies milk
- Large brains
- Partially covered in hair - to keep them warm
- Have sweat glands - to keep them cool
- Have skin
- Have external ears (pinnae)
Fun facts!
- Snakes don’t have noses
- Turtles mostly live in water, and tortoises mostly live on land
