5th Grade

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5th Grade

• SCIENCE

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ANIMAL DIVERSITY

• Animal Structure and Function
• Animal Adaptations

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Cells are the building blocks of all living
things.
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Classification

• Scientists classify animals based on cell
  structure, how cells are organized into tissues,
  how tissues are organized into organs and organs
  are organized into systems.

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Scientists classify animals into two large groups.

• 1. Vertebrates Animals with backbones.
• 2. Invertebrates Animals without
• backbones.

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Invertebrate Facts

• A sponge is one of the smallest animals on
  Earth.
  
• Arthopods are the largest group of animals on
  Earth.
  
• Mollusks include snails, clams and octopuses.
• Arthopods include insects, spiders, centipedes,
  millipedes, lobster and crabs.
  
• Echinoderms include starfish----------------------
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Adaptation is a characteristic that enables a
living thing to survive in its environment.

• Mimicry is an adaptation in which an animal is
  protected against predators by its resemblance to
  another, unpleasant animal.

• Camouflage is an adaptation in which an animal
  protects itself against predators b y blending in
  with the environment.

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Can you find the hidden bugs?
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What is inherited?

• An inherited behavior is one one that is not
  learned. It is done automatically.
  
• Heredity is the passing of inherited traits from
  parents to offspring.

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Hybrids and Crossbreeds

• Hybrid- Living things that have parents that are
  quite different from each other, such as donkeys
  and horses.
  
• Crossbreed A product of the mating of
  individuals from two distinct breeds or varieties
  of the same species.