A phylum from the animal kingdom. They can be earthworms, leaches, or ragworms which have segments along their body. They are found in water or damp places on land.
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This image shows the segments in the earthworm’s body and the bilateral symmetry.
A phylum from the animal kingdom that consists of insects, scorpions, spiders, crustaceans etc. They can be found anywhere and have a waterproof exoskeleton.
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This image shows that arthropods can be found in air unlike most phylum and the jointed legs arthropods have.
Chondrichthyes is a class within the chordates phylum which consists mainly of sharks and rays. Their skeletons are made of cartilage and they have fins on the sides and back.
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In this photo you can see the fin on the shark’s back and sides and that the shark has a jaw unlike Agnatha.
Classes are the groups within phylums such as Agnatha, mammals, aves etc. within the chordates phylum. They all have different features that differentiate from other classes.
Classification is grouping and naming things according to specific features. For example, you could group buttons according to colour and that would be classification.
Cnidarians are a phylum within the animal kingdom. Jellyfish, sea anemones and coral polyps all belong to this phylum. Each of them have radial symmetry and one body opening.
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This image shows a box jellyfish. You can see the tentacles which are fatal to humans. You can’t see the one opening but it’s there.
A dichotomous key is a diagram used to classify anything but most often used to classify organisms. It always has two branches leading off from every level of classification
Echinoderms is a phylum within the animal kingdom. It consists mainly of starfish, brittle stars, sea urchins and sea cucumbers which all live in shallow water near the coast. They all have radial symmetry and a chalky layer under their skin.
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This image shows the spiny skin that most echinoderms have. This starfish has radial symmetry.
Kingdoms are the first level of classification, coming before phylums. There are five kingdoms; Animal, Plants, Fungi, Protist, Monera. They all have different defining features.
Mammals are a class within the chordates phylum, the class that humans belong to. They all have hair and feed their babies with milk from the mothers, also being endothermic.
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These piglets are drinking milk from their mother and you can see their hair.
Marsupials is a subclass within the mammals class. They have all the features of mammals with additional features such as the babies grow up living in the mother’s pouch.
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This image shows a kangaroo, which is a marsupial. You can see it has hair, and the baby is within its pouch.
Molluscs are the second largest phylum in the animal kingdom. It consists of snails, slugs, oysters and mussels. They all live in water or moist places, and have bilateral symmetry and a muscular foot to move along.
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This image shows the muscular foot that all molluscs have and a shell for protection like only some other molluscs have.
Platyhelminths are a phylum within the animal kingdom. They consist of flatworms, which have bilateral symmetry and live in water or very moist places.
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This image shows a flatworm with bilateral symmetry and a very flat body.
Poriferans are a phylum within the animal kingdom. They consist of sponges, which have holes throughout their body and use these holes to filter food. They live in the water.
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This image shows the wholes on the sponge and that they live in water.
Reptiles is a class within the chordates phylum. It consists of crocodiles, lizards and snakes, which are ectothermic and all have a scaly skin. Most live on land, but there are a few exceptions that live in water.
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This image shows a snake, one of the members of the reptile class. You can see the scaly skin and it is on land.
Species is the last level of classification, coming after kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, and genus. It consists of the name of the genus then the specific name for the species.
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This image shows a chicken, whose scientific species name is Gallus Gallus Domesticus. Gallus is the name of the genus.
Weeds are not a specific group of plants, the plant’s classification as a weed can change. Weed is basically a word for a plant growing where it doesn’t belong.
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This image shows a dandelion which is mostly considered as a weed, but in some places it may be a flower.