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Activity 11 CARLA T. SALVACION

Name
ANIMAL KINGDOM BEED-2A
Course, Year & Section Rating

I. Introduction

Animals show similarities and differences that enable them to be classified into
groups. Birds, for example, are the only animals that have feathers, while mammals are the
only ones that have fur. The scientific classification of animals began in the late 18th
century. At this time, animals were classified almost entirely by external features, mainly
because these are easy to observe. But external features can sometimes be misleading.
Presently, animals are classified according to a broader range of characteristics,
including their internal anatomy, patterns of development, and genetic makeup. These
features provide a much more reliable guide to an animal's place in the living world. They
also help to show how different species are linked through evolution.

II. Objective:

To demonstrate how biologists specially zoologists classify animals III.

Procedure:

Draw 7 animals belonging to different phyla, describe each according to its

distinguishing characteristics (at least 4) and classify each animal from its kingdom to
its species.

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Common name: COW 1. The head is small relative to body

size; it has a long, straight snout
2. Muscular
3. Stocky with Long
4. Rectangular Bodies

Kingdom: Animal
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Bovidae
Genus: Bos
Species: Taurus

Common name: MONARCH BUTTERFLY 1. The Monarch Butterfly is an insect

and it is cold blooded.
2. They also have orange and black
wings.
3. Their wings are bright,
4. The egg is small.

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Anthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Danaus
Species: D. Plexippus

Common name: SNAIL 1. Move with the help of muscular foot.

2. Give birth by laying eggs.
3. Soft body which is not segmented
4. Body is enclosed in a hard shell or
exoskeleton

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Order: Stylommatophora
Family: Subulinidae

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Genus: Rumina
Species: Rumina Decollata

Common name: STARFISH 1. They do not have gills, scales or fins

like fish do.
2. They have tiny tube feet to help them
move along.
3. They belong to the Phylum
Echinodermeta
4. Another name for them is sea star.

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Echinodermata
Class: Asteridae
Order: Forcipulatida
Family: Asteriidae
Genus: Asterina
Species: Asterina Amurensis

Common name: FLATWORM 1. Soft

2. Bilateral Symmetry
3. Have nervous and excretory system
4. Move by cilia or muscle cells

Kingdom: Anemalia
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Class: Turbellaria
Order: Tricladida
Family: Planariidae
Genus: Dugesia
Species: Tigrina

Common name: HORSE 1. The neck is long with mane.

2. His eyes are big and his ears are
small compared to his body and
pointed.
3. Its tail is big and bushy with long
hairs that cover the entire length.
4. Its body is covered by dense coat
with short, thin and soft hair.

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Kingdom: Anemalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Perissodactyla
Family: Equidae
Genus: Equus
Species: E. Caballus

Common name: CLOWNFISH 1. The body shape of clownfish is

perch-like-oval and laterally
compressed with an interrupted
lateral line.
2. Their body color is a bright orange
with three white bars, the middle
with a forward bulge centrally.
3. They can grow up to 18cm (7.1
inches) and the smallest is 10cm
(3.1 inches).
4. They are all born male.
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Actinopterygii
Order: Perciformes
Family: Pomacentridae
Genus: Amphiprion
Species: Percula

IV. Answer the following:

1. Is taxonomy or classifying organism important? Prove your answer.

 Taxonomy or classifying organism is important because the classification
of organisms shows the relationship between the organism and its
contemporaries. It also shows the evolutionary relationships between the

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organism and its ancestors. Organisms grouped into similar ranks show
similarities among their members.

2. Do you see relationship between the body symmetry of animals and their speed of
movement? Explain your answer.

3. Snakes and lizards are quite different in many ways. Why do taxonomist consider
them enough alike to place them in the same order?
 Although closely related, there are significant differences between snakes
and lizards. Unlike snakes, most lizards have legs. A notable exception is
the legless lizards, which evolved separately from snakes.

 Moreover, snakes do not have eyelids, while lizards do. Almost all snakes
are strict carnivores. Some lizard species, however, also eat plants along
with the food of other animals. Snakes can eat prey larger than their own
bodies thanks to jaw bones that open. Lizards do not possess this
adaptation. Lizards, however, have ears, which is another feature that
snakes lack.

 Snakes and lizards both have scaly skin. The outer layer of squamate skin
consists of adjacent and overlapping scales that do not grow with the
animal. Instead, this dry outer layer is dead and must be shed periodically
as the squamate grows.

CARLA T. SALVACION
Activity 12 Name
The Animal Kingdom BEED-2A
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GENERAL DIRECTION: Read each item carefully. Erasures and/or Alterations will make your answer
null and void.

I. Identification. Write what is being asked.

Vertebrates 1. This group of animals have a vertebral column or backbone
Invertebrates 2. This group of animals doesn’t have a vertebral column or backbone
Choanocytes 3. The specialized cells of sponges used for feeding in the process of filtration
Ring 4. The Latin word annulus means what?
Roundworms 5. A common parasitic roundworm that thrives in the intestine of pigs, horse,
and humans
Phylum Mollusca 6. This Phylum consists of soft-bodies animals
Six (6) 7. Number of legs that insects have
Eight (8) 8. Number of legs that arachnids have
Nematocysts 9. The stinging cells of animals under Phylum Coelenterata/Cnidaria
Phylum Arthropoda 10. This Phylum consist of animals with jointed legs.

II. True or False. Write True if the statement is correct, write False if the statement is incorrect.
FALSE 1. Animals are Prokaryotic organisms since their cells have no nucleus.
FALSE 2. The cells of animals’ lack cell wall and chlorophyll.
TRUE 3. All animals have the ability to move.
FALSE 4. Animals do not swallow their food but instead they just absorb it.
TRUE 5. Either sexually and asexually can the animals reproduce.
TRUE 6. Animals are unicellular organisms which means they only consist of one cell.
TRUE 7. Animals are heterotrophic.
TRUE 8. Nematodes are segmented worms.
FALSE 9. The insects’ body is composed of four regions.
TRUE 10. Class Agnatha includes the jawless fish.

Activity 13 CARLA T. SALVACION

The Animal Kingdom
Name

BEED-2A

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Course, Year & Section Rating

GENERAL DIRECTION: Read each item carefully. Erasures and/or Alterations will make your
answer null and void.

Matching Type. Match Column A to Column B & Column C

Column A Column B Column C

COMMON NAME PHYLUM ANIMALS

C , A 1. Flatworms A. Porifera A. Planaria

D , H 2. Roundworms B. Coelenterata B. Nautilus

G , E 3. Jointed Legs C. Platyhelminthes C. Agnatha

F , B 4. Soft-Bodied D. Nematoda D. Jellyfish

A , I 5. Sponges E. Annelida E. Lice

H , G 6. Spiky-Skinned F. Mollusca F. Earthworm

I , C 7. Vertebrates G. Arthropoda G. Sea Cucumber

E , F 8. Segmented Worms H. Echinodermata H. Ascaris

B , D 9. Hydra I. Chordata I. Scypha

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