Table of Contents
- 1 Do all animals live in the same place?
- 2 Why do scientists place animals into groups?
- 3 What happens to the number of organisms in each classification group as you move from the largest group to the smallest?
- 4 Do animals know which group they are in?
- 5 Which category of classification has the largest variety of organisms?
- 6 When you classify you put organisms in groups according to what?
- 7 Why do animals form groups to defend themselves?
- 8 Are there any animals found only in one place?
Do all animals live in the same place?
Every organism has a unique ecosystem within which it lives. This ecosystem is its natural habitat. This is where the basic needs of the organism to survive are met: food, water, shelter from the weather and place to breed its young. All organisms need to adapt to their habitat to be able to survive.
Why do scientists place animals into groups?
Scientists use a system like this to group living things. The groupings are based on common traits. This system helps scientists to study the millions of organisms found on Earth. Thousands of new organisms are discovered each year.
What happens to the number of organisms in each classification group as you move from the largest group to the smallest?
The groups are arranged in levels. These levels are kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species. As you move from kingdom to species, the organisms in each group become more alike. This is because they are more closely related.
Are there animals that can live in two or more places?
Many different animals can go in more than one place. For example, a butterfly could be found in any of the habitats provided. The answers provided are generalizations, and are only suggestions. Certainly, horses can be found on some beaches, and occasionally bears wander into backyards.
How do scientists classify animals?
In accordance with the Linnaeus method, scientists classify the animals, as they do the plants, on the basis of shared physical characteristics. They place them in a hierarchy of groupings, beginning with the kingdom animalia and proceeding through phyla, classes, orders, families, genera and species.
Do animals know which group they are in?
while animals might not ponder life and death the way humans do, they still may have some sense of self. Many animals also know the placement in space of parts of their body as they run, jump, perform acrobatics, or move as a coordinated hunting unit or flock without running into one another.
Which category of classification has the largest variety of organisms?
The number of organisms increases from Species to Kingdom, whereas number of similar characteristics decreases from species to kingdom.
When you classify you put organisms in groups according to what?
All living organisms are classified into groups based on very basic, shared characteristics. Organisms within each group are then further divided into smaller groups. These smaller groups are based on more detailed similarities within each larger group.
Why do some animals live in large groups?
Fish swim in big schools. Baby ducks waddle in a straight line. Ants and bees divide up labor. The world is full of animals that live in groups and they do it for a few different reasons. For one, living in groups helps some animals avoid getting eaten by predators. Some even join forces to take down prey bigger than them with less risk and effort.
What should kids know about animal group behavior?
A fun science lesson & fun video on animal group behavior for kids in 3rd, 4th & 5th grade! Group behavior is what animals do with other animals to help them survive. Groups can be large, like a herd of a million wildebeest, or small, like a pride of a few lions.
Why do animals form groups to defend themselves?
Groups can help animals defend themselves. One of the main reasons animals form groups is to defend themselves. When there are more individuals in the group, there are more pairs of eyes to look out for danger. Meerkats stand up to look around for predators, mainly big birds, that might attack the group.
Are there any animals found only in one place?
You can’t find it much of anywhere else. The bird requires dense areas of jack pine to make its habitat, something only found in the taiga region of North America. After a population bottleneck in the 20th century that led it to extinction, the bird has since rebounded.