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What defines an animal?
What do you think?
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LESSON INTRODUCTION
Get Ready
Before you begin, decide if you agree or disagree with each of these statements.
As you view this presentation, see if you change your mind about any of the statements.
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What defines an animal?
Do you agree or disagree?
Get Ready
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LESSON INTRODUCTION
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What defines an animal?
Key Concepts/Essential Questions
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LESSON INTRODUCTION
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What defines an animal?
Vocabulary
Watch out for these words!
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LESSON INTRODUCTION
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What defines an animal?
A Pair of Leaves?
Look at the photo at the beginning of the lesson. What kind of organism is shown in this photo? Although they might look like leaves, they are butterflies, a type of animal. What makes leaves and butterflies different? All animals share some characteristics that leaves do not.
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LESSON INTRODUCTION
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What defines an animal?
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All animals digest food.
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What defines an animal?
Agree. Animals have specialized cells for digestion and other functions.
Do you agree or disagree?
Lesson Review
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LESSON WRAP-UP
Do you agree or disagree?
Corals and jellyfish belong to the same phylum.
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What defines an animal?
Agree. Corals and jellyfish belong to phylum Cnidaria.
Do you agree or disagree?
Lesson Review
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LESSON WRAP-UP
Do you agree or disagree?
What characteristics do all animals have?
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What defines an animal?
Animals are eukaryotic, multicellular organisms that eat other organisms, digest food, and have collagen to support cells. Most animals reproduce sexually and can move.
Key Concept/Essential Question Review
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How are animals classified?
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What defines an animal?
Animals can be classified based on the presence of a backbone; body symmetry; the characteristics of proteins, DNA, and other molecules that make up their cells; and the kinds of body structures they possess.
Key Concept/Essential Question Review
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LESSON WRAP-UP