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    Chapter 1

    VARIATION AND
    CLASSIFICATION
    LET’S MEET THE MASCOTS!
    LET’S MEET THE MASCOTS!
    LET’S MEET THE MASCOTS!
    LET’S MEET THE MASCOTS!
    LET’S MEET THE MASCOTS!
    LET’S MEET THE MASCOTS!
    Project skills
    Is it my own work?

    When you finish something that takes a long


    time you may be very pleased you have done
    it.

    But things you look up in a reference book or


    from a website are someone else’s work. They
    do not want you to copy it.
    Project skills

    When someone reads what you have


    copied, they often know that it is not
    your work.

    When you use books or websites for


    research, read and understand what it says
    then write about it using your own
    sentences.
    Do you like to learn big words?
    Look up the meaning of plagiarism.

    These are your sources. They


    are places where information
    comes from.
    • Read some information in
    books or websites about an
    animal of your choice. Look in
    more than one place.

    • Write some sentences about the


    animal using information from your
    sources. Do not just copy it from any
    of them.
    If the source is a website, put the
    web address. For example:
    https://www.pearson.com

    If the source is a book, write the title, the name


    of the author, and the page numbers. For
    example: Pearson iPrimary Science Textbook
    Year 4, by Lesley Butcher, pages viii to ix.
    Scientists classify living things by
    looking at shared features. Let’s
    look at these shared features too.
    Vertebrates and invertebrates are
    two big groups of animals.

    Within these two groups, animals


    may have different body
    coverings such as fur, feathers or
    scales.
    VERTEBRATE INVERTEBRATE

    A vertebrate is an An invertebrate is an
    animal that has a animal that does not
    spine, or backbone. have a spine.
    VERTEBRATE
    CLASSIFICATION
    Mammals Reptiles Fish

    Birds Amphibians
    MOLLUSCS ARTHROPODS ECHINODERMS

    cnidarians INSECTS ANNELIDS


    Some animals have many legs,
    but others have fewer.

    Scientists can also classify plants.


    They sometimes do this by
    looking at their leaves or flowers.
    The picture shows a
    flowering plant called a
    buttercup.

    How many petals does the


    flower have? Are they all a
    similar shape?
    SHARED FEATURES

    • Scientists put living things into groups.

    • An animal or plant group contains living


    things that have similar features.
    What features do these animals share?
    What features do these animals share?

    Do they have a backbone?


    What features do these animals share?

    How many legs do they have?


    What features do these animals share?
    What features do these animals share?

    Do they have a backbone?


    What features do these animals share?

    How many body parts do they have?


    What features do these plants share?
    What features do these plants share?

    Look at the shape of their leaves


    What features do these plants share?

    Suggest what sort of plants are they.


    Animals and plants are not grouped by just one
    feature. To be grouped together, they must share
    several features.

    Think of some reasons


    why these two animals
    are not grouped
    together.

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