Key Stage 2
Meaning
Classification of living things is done to make it easier to identify different creatures.
About Grouping Living Things
- Living things can be classified in different ways.
- Scientists usually classify things by common features or common behaviour.
Examples
Vertebrates and Invertebrates
- A vertebrate is an animal with a backbone.
- An invertebrate is an animal without a backbone.
All of these animals have a backbone so they examples of vertebrates.
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| Amphibians are vertebrates.
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Birds are vertebrates.
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Fish are vertebrates.
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Mammals are vertebrates.
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Reptiles are vertebrates.
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None of these animals have a backbone so they are examples of invertebrates.
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| Snails are invertebrates.
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Earthworms are invertebrates.
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Scorpions are invertebrates.
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Octopuses are invertebrates.
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Flies are invertebrates.
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Flowering Plants and other Plants
- A Flowering Plant is a plant that grows flowers.
- Not all plants grow flowers. There are also Mosses, Ferns and Conifers which don't grow flowers.
