In this lesson, students learn about basic animal biology and identification of different animal species.

• Students will learn the five basic characteristics of the animal kingdom.
• Students will learn to use a dichotomous key to distinguish one animal from another.

• zoology
• organelle
• heterotroph
• motile
• body plan
• dichotomous key
• eukaryote
• multicellular
• autotroph
• sessile
• developmental stage

In this lesson students learn about basic animal biology and identification of different animal species.
Students will:

• Identify and describe the five characteristics of all organisms in the Animal Kingdom.
• Contrast these characteristics with those of other kingdoms.
• Use a dichotomous key to identify nine different species of animals.