Student's science project

1. Tolu Delano’s Science Project
Vertebrates and Invertebrates

2. Introduction
• This project is about vertebrates and
invertebrates from around the world.
• A vertebrate is an animal with a backbone or a
spine. For example, a lion.
• An invertebrate is an animal without a backbone,
like shrimp.
• This project discusses mammals from Africa,
reptiles from North America, fish from Europe,
and birds from Australia.

3. Mammals from Africa
1. Aardvark
– Habitat : Aardvarks are found in all regions, from dry savanna to rain forest,
where there are sufficient termites for food, access to water and sandy or clay
soil.
– Did you know that “aardvark” is Afrikaans for earth pig?
Picture of an Aardvark

4. Structure Physical Characteristics Functions
The Aardvark’s tongue is The Aardvark is medium The tongue catches the
made of tissues and sized. aardvark’s termites.
muscles that stretch. It is pig like in appearance. The aardvark uses its
It has strong claws on its It has some similarities and strong claws to also hunt
front and hind leg made differences from the South for food.
from a bone like structure. American anteater and is They use thier ears to
They also have ears with also known as poor sighted also hunt for termites.
strong ear drums. animal.
It has a sandy colored fur,
pointy ears, and a long sticky
tongue. It is also nocturnal,
which means it only comes
out in the dark.
Reference: African Wildlife Foundation (http://www.awf.org/content/wildlife/detail/aardvark)

5. 2. Aardwolf
Habitat : The aardwolf can be found in the open plains of eastern and southern Africa.
These regions often contain little vegetation. The animal is often found close to
human habitation and also in a number of Africa's national parks, including Serengeti
and Kruger.
Did you know that “aardwolf” is Afrikaans for earth wolf and that aardwolves uses
scent from it's anal glands to mark out it's territory?
Structure Physical Function
Characteristics
The aardwolf has a The aardwolf is a The aardwolf uses
strong eardrum so very small and shy it’s hearing skills to
it can hear very animal with striped catch termites, also
well. orange and black a food of the
fur. It is pretty small aardvarks.
compared to their
relatives, the
hyenas.

6. Picture of an Aardwolf
Reference: aardwolf http://homepage.eircom.net/~criley/profiles/mammals/aardwolf.htm

7. Reptiles in North America
1. Gila Monster
Habitat- Deserts and hot climate in North America like Mexico and Southwest U.S.A
Did you know that when bitten by the ferocious Gila Monster you can be ejected by
poison?
Structure Physical Function
Characteristics
The Gila The Gila The Gila monster
monster’s teeth monster has uses the poison to
are made with yellow, and its advantage by
grooves that orange ejecting poison into
store poison. blotches all the victim.
over its body. It
has a blunt tail
and beady
scales.

8. Picture of a Gila Monster
Reference : National Geographic, Gila monster
http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/reptiles/gila-monster/

9. 2. Curly tailed lizard
Habitat: Sunny places in Palm Beach, Florida
Did you know that curly tailed lizards specie name is oviparous?
Structure Physical Function
Characteristics
Curly tailed lizards The curly tailed The lizards have
have powerful lizard has a yellow their tail so they
muscles in tan and small can attract the
their tail. scales. female.
They also have The claws help the
curved boney lizard climb walls.
claws

10. Picture of a Curly Tailed Lizard
Reference: ARKive Curly tailed lizard ( http://www.arkive.org/curly-tailed-lizard/leiocephalus-psammodromus/#text=Biology)

11. Fishes In Europe
1. European Sea bass
Habitat: They are found in lagoons, rivers, and fresh waters all around Spain, Norway,
and Brittan all in Europe.
Did you know that this bass makes a good fish and chips?
Structure Physical Function
Characteristics
It has vomerine, It has silvery skin and The fish can hold
teeth that grasp the small, bumpy scales. the food easily.
food. The fish has many
It also is built with spines so it can
many spines. maneuver properly.
Reference: Wiki European sea bass (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_seabass)

12. Picture of an European Sea Bass

13. 2. Giant goby
Habitat: They are found under rocks in seas and ocean in South–West Britain in UK
Structure Physical Function
Characteristic
The giant goby This giant fish is 25 The fish uses its
has skin that is cm and has a olive color to its
made with scales brown skin color. advantage to
that match the camouflage
floor.
Reference: ARKive giant gobyhttp://www.arkive.org/giant-goby/gobius-cobitis/image-A2248

14. Picture of a Giant Goby

15. Birds in Australia
1. The Emu
Habitat: Any where in the deserts of Australia, except Tasmania. It lives in various
habitats from semiarid plains to heathland, coastal dunes and tropical woodland.
Structure Physical Function
Characteristics
The Emu’s legs have The Emu has sandy The Emu uses its strong
strong muscles packed brown feathers, small legs to run very fast.
inside of them. claws and, wings. The emu has a long
It also has a long, long neck so they can reach
neck. high places.
http://www.gondwananet.com/australian-animals-birds-emu.html

16. Picture of an Emu

17. 2. The Fairy Penguin
Habitat: They are found in the southern hemisphere
Did you know that a synonym for “fairy penguin” is “little penguin”?
Structure Physical Function
Characteristics
The Fairy penguin’s The fairy penguin, like The fairy penguin
body is formed so it most penguins are uses this swimming
can cut through white on their belly advantage for
water. and blue on their hunting food.
backs. But unlike
normal penguins,
these are very small.
Reference : Unique Australian Animal http://australian-animals.net/peng.htm

18. Picture of a Fairy Penguin

19. Invertebrates
• An invertebrate is an animal that does not
have a backbone, also called a spine. You may
think that invertebrates are smaller in number
compared to vertebrates, animals with a
backbone. That is not true. Invertebrates are
larger in number.

20. 2. Land Invertebrate: The house fly
Habitat: They are found in warm places around the globe.
Structure Physical Function
Characteristics
The house fly has an The house fly is small The compound eye takes
type of eye called a insect with an a little information in
compound eye, an eye exoskeleton. It has each lens.
with thousands of small antenna and The house fly uses its light
lenses on it. big eyes. wings it to carry its very
The house fly also has small self.
wings that are very
small, the thickness of
their exoskeleton.
References:
1. Georgia HSP textbook
2. Wiki house fly (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Housefly)

21. Picture of a House Fly

22. 2. Sea Invertebrate: Caridea (a type of shrimp)
Habitat: They are found in salt water seas.
Did you know that a shrimp can live for about between 1 to 7 years?
Structure Physical Function
Characteristics
They are made with They are a type of These creatures can
exoskeletons and do shrimp with red and maneuver around
not have a spine. white skin and have the sea.
exoskeletons.
Reference :Wiki Caridea
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caridea

23. Picture of a Caridea