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    Classification

    of Animals
    based on their
    Habitat
    SWBAT :
    ● Identify and classify animals
    based on their habitat.
    ● Compare the similarities and
    differences between them.
    What is a habitat?

    A habitat is the natural


    home or environment of an
    animal, plant or other
    organisms.
    Based on their habitats animals
    are classified into …

    ● Terrestrial Animals
    ● Aquatic Animals
    ● Amphibians
    ● Arboreal Animals
    ● Aerial Animals
    Terrestrial Animals/ Land
    ●
    Animals
    They live on land .
    ● They have legs or scales to
    move around.
    ● They have fur/hair on their
    bodies.
    ● They have lungs to breathe.
    ● They have well-
    developed sense organs.

    Examples: tiger, lion, elephant, dog, cat etc.


    Terra means land
    Aquatic
    ● Animals
    They live in water .
    ● They use their fins to swim.
    ● Fishes breathe through gills by
    extracting the oxygen that is
    dissolved in water.
    ● Whales and dolphins have lungs for
    breathing and they have to come to
    the water surface to breathe in
    oxygen.
    ● Jellyfish absorbs the oxygen in water
    directly through their skin.
    Examples : fish, sharks, jellyfish, whales,
    octopus etc.
    Amphibian ● They can live in water as well

    s as on land .
    ● They live the first part of
    their lives in the water and
    later on land.
    ● They lay eggs.
    ● They have moist skin.
    ● They breathe through lungs
    and their skin.

    Eg: frogs, toads, salamanders


    Arboreal
    ● Animals
    They spend most of their time
    on the trees.
    ● They have claws, strong arms
    and legs to climb on trees.

    Examples : monkeys, snakes,


    sloths, koalas, lizards, squirrels
    etc.
    Aerial
    Animals
    ● They spend most of their time in the
    air.
    ● They use their wings to fly.
    ● They have 2 legs.
    ● They have light bodies with feathers.
    ● They have hollow and light bones.
    ● They have beaks instead of a mouth.

    Examples: birds, insects, flying


    squirrels etc
    Plenar y
    1. Animals that live on land are called __________________.
    2. ______________ animals have well developed sense organs.
    3. __________ is an example of a terrestrial animal.
    4. Animals that live in water are called ________________.
    5. Most of the aquatic animals breathe through ________ by
    extracting the oxygen that is dissolved in water.
    6. Whales and dolphins have _______ for breathing.
    7. ___________ can live in water as well as on land.
    8. ___________ animals spend most of their time in the air.
    9. __________ animals spend most of their time on trees.
    10. Name any 2 features of terrestrial animals.
    11. Name any 2 features of aquatic animals.
    12. Name any 2 features of amphibians.
    13. Name any 2 features of aerial animals.
    14. Name any 2 features of arboreal animals.
    Thank You!

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