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Animals
Animals are divded into two main groups
Those with a backbone and internal skeleton (the vertebrates)
Those with no backbone and no internal skeleton (the invertebrates)
Vertebrates
* Fish (have gills, scales and fins)
* Reptiles (scaly skin, cold blooded)
* Amphibians (born in water initially gills - lungs develop and then live on land)
* Birds (have feathers)
* Mammals (hair on body and drinks milk as a baby)
Invertebrates
* Insects (6 legs, 3 parts to body, some have wings)
* Arachnids (8 legs, two parts to body, no wings, sometimes poisenous)
* Molluscs (muscular foot, soft body, no legs, some have shells)
* Worms [aka Annelids] (long thin body divided into segments)
Use Excel to see if you can classify the following list of animals:
Cat
Squirrel
Rat
Earthworm
Wasp
Ladybird
house fly
Sparrow
Robin
Magpie
Ant
Spider
Snail
Frog
Goldfish
Minnow
Snake
Crocodile
Tiger
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