{"id":195,"date":"2016-06-29T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-06-28T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thepiquelab.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/29\/the-ultimate-guide-to-tackle-animal-classification-questions\/"},"modified":"2024-04-18T15:34:38","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T07:34:38","slug":"the-ultimate-guide-to-tackle-animal-classification-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepiquelab.com\/blog\/the-ultimate-guide-to-tackle-animal-classification-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ultimate Guide To Tackle Animal Classification Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_margin=&#8221;0px|||&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_row custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;off|phone&#8221; module_class=&#8221;single-post-body et_pb_row_fullwidth et_pb_row_fullwidth et_pb_row_fullwidth et_pb_row_fullwidth et_pb_row_fullwidth et_pb_row_fullwidth et_pb_row_fullwidth et_pb_row_fullwidth et_pb_row_fullwidth et_pb_row_fullwidth et_pb_row_fullwidth et_pb_row_fullwidth&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; width=&#8221;89%&#8221; width_tablet=&#8221;80%&#8221; width_phone=&#8221;&#8221; width_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; max_width=&#8221;89%&#8221; max_width_tablet=&#8221;80%&#8221; max_width_phone=&#8221;&#8221; max_width_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|0px||0px&#8221; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; make_fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;Main Blog Text&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.21.0&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;16&#8243; text_line_height=&#8221;28px&#8221; header_font=&#8221;geomanist-bold||||&#8221; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;-55px|-45px||&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; hover_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243; text_font_size_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; text_font_size_phone=&#8221;&#8221; text_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; text_line_height_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; text_line_height_phone=&#8221;&#8221; text_line_height_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; z_index_tablet=&#8221;500&#8243; border_style=&#8221;solid&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221; sticky_enabled=&#8221;0&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/thepiquelab.com\/blog\/category\/primary-school-science-techniques\/primary-3-science\/animal-classification\/\"><strong>Animal Classification<\/strong><\/a> is usually one of the harder topics for <a href=\"\/blog\/category\/primary-school-science-techniques\/primary-3-science\/\">Primary 3 students<\/a>. It\u00a0requires students to be able to identify what are the possible classifications that can be used and determine which particular classification is relevant to the question.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h2>Read Also<\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><a href=\"\/blog\/undigested-food-change\/\">How Undigested Food Changes In The Digestive System<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><a href=\"\/blog\/beginner-guide-heat-energy\/\">A Beginner\u2019s Guide To Tackling Heat Energy Open-ended Questions<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><a href=\"\/blog\/17032016-magnetism\/\">PSLE Science Misconception: Magnetism<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Some of the common classifications for animals are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Number of stages in their life cycles<\/li>\n<li>If the young looks like their parent<\/li>\n<li>The place the animals live in<\/li>\n<li>If the animals spend part of their life cycle in water<\/li>\n<li>Methods of reproduction<\/li>\n<li>Outer covering<\/li>\n<li>The way the animals move<\/li>\n<li>And more\u2026<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #d00031; font-family: geomanist-bold;\">For The Question Below&#8230;<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Students are firstly required to think of the possible classifications and analyse if all the animals in each group can fulfil the characteristics of each particular classification.<\/p>\n<p>If one or more of them do not fit in that classification, that classification <strong>should be eliminated<\/strong> and they should repeat the same thought process for all other possible classifications.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-238621 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/thepiquelab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/The-Ultimate-Guide-to-Tackle-Animal-Classification-Questions-02.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"3876\" height=\"4267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepiquelab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/The-Ultimate-Guide-to-Tackle-Animal-Classification-Questions-02.png 3876w, https:\/\/thepiquelab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/The-Ultimate-Guide-to-Tackle-Animal-Classification-Questions-02-136x150.png 136w, https:\/\/thepiquelab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/The-Ultimate-Guide-to-Tackle-Animal-Classification-Questions-02-273x300.png 273w, https:\/\/thepiquelab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/The-Ultimate-Guide-to-Tackle-Animal-Classification-Questions-02-768x845.png 768w, https:\/\/thepiquelab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/The-Ultimate-Guide-to-Tackle-Animal-Classification-Questions-02-930x1024.png 930w, https:\/\/thepiquelab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/The-Ultimate-Guide-to-Tackle-Animal-Classification-Questions-02-1080x1189.png 1080w, https:\/\/thepiquelab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/The-Ultimate-Guide-to-Tackle-Animal-Classification-Questions-02-513x565.png 513w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3876px) 100vw, 3876px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2363 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thepiquelab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/29Jun-Animal-Classification-930x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"930\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thepiquelab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/29Jun-Animal-Classification-930x1024.png 930w, https:\/\/thepiquelab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/29Jun-Animal-Classification-930x1024-136x150.png 136w, https:\/\/thepiquelab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/29Jun-Animal-Classification-930x1024-272x300.png 272w, https:\/\/thepiquelab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/29Jun-Animal-Classification-930x1024-768x846.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 930px) 100vw, 930px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #d00031; font-family: geomanist-bold;\">Animal Classification Question Analysis<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>For this question on Animal Classification, the dog, eagle and giraffe are categorised together, whereas the shark, guppy and salmon are categorised together in another group.<\/p>\n<p>Students may attempt to categorise Group B as\u00a0&#8220;Fish&#8221;\u00a0but in Group A, dog and giraffe are mammals whereas eagle is a bird.<\/p>\n<p>Hence, this form of categorisation\u00a0is <span style=\"font-family: geomanist-bold;\"><span style=\"color: #d00031;\">incorrect<\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The correct classification for this question would be the place the animals live in \u2013 Group A: live on land and Group B: live in water.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #d00031; font-family: geomanist-bold;\">Here&#8217;s A Step-By-Step Method To Tackle Animal Classification Questions<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: geomanist-bold;\">Step\u00a01: Identify the group of animals that the living organism belongs to.<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>There are 6 types in total (this should not be too difficult for your child to manage):<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Mammals<\/li>\n<li>Fishes<\/li>\n<li>Birds<\/li>\n<li>Insects<\/li>\n<li>Reptiles<\/li>\n<li>Amphibians<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: geomanist-bold;\">Step 2:\u00a0List the characteristics of each animal group using the following pointers:<\/span><\/h3>\n<ol>\n<li>Method of reproduction?<\/li>\n<li>Type of body covering?<\/li>\n<li>Warm or Cold blooded?<\/li>\n<li>Method(s) of breathing?<\/li>\n<li>Live on land or in water?<\/li>\n<li>Other special characteristics?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>*Do note that these pointers should serve as reference guidelines. The comprehensive set of similarities and differences in their characteristics are covered in the weekly <span style=\"color: #d00031; font-family: geomanist-bold;\"><a style=\"color: #d00031;\" href=\"https:\/\/thepiquelab.com\/what-we-do-best\/grade-accelerator-program\/\">Grade Accelerator Program\u2122<\/a><\/span>\u00a0lessons. Click <span style=\"color: #d00031; font-family: geomanist-bold;\"><a style=\"color: #d00031;\" href=\"https:\/\/thepiquelab.com\/what-we-do-best\/grade-accelerator-programme\/\">here<\/a><\/span> to learn more about the program.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-family: geomanist-bold;\">Step 3:\u00a0Pick any 2 animals and list all the possible similarities and differences between the animals<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><u><\/u>For example, let&#8217;s pick\u00a0Shark and Dog.<\/p>\n<p>The guppy belongs to the group of &#8220;Fishes&#8221;\u00a0while the dog belongs to the group of &#8220;Mammals&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10809\" src=\"https:\/\/thepiquelab.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/Screen-Shot-2018-08-26-at-3.20.10-PM.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2018-08-26 at 3.20.10 PM\" width=\"558\" height=\"207\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Many of our students at <span style=\"color: #d00031; font-family: geomanist-bold;\"><a style=\"color: #d00031;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thepiquelab.com\">The Pique Lab<\/a><\/span> have been enlightened after using this step-by-step method to tackle Animal Classification questions.<\/p>\n<p>This method is designed to be easy and simply to apply. 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Electricity will be able to flow through the filament, causing the bulb to light up.\r\n<h2><span style=\"color: #d00031;\"><strong>What Happens When Both Wires Are Connected To The Metal Tip\/Metal Casing?<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Scenario #1: Both wires are connected to the metal tip<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thesmartstudent.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Scenario-1.png\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8453 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/thesmartstudent.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Scenario-1-e1506494508837-1024x543.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"543\" \/><\/a>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">E<em>xample of a circuit when the wires are connected only to the metal tip<\/em><\/p>\r\nWhen both wires are connected to the metal tip of the bulb, electricity is unable to flow through the filament, preventing the bulb from lighting up.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Scenario #2: Both wires are connected to the metal casing<\/strong><\/span>\r\n\r\n\u00a0\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/thesmartstudent.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Scenario-2.png\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8454 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/thesmartstudent.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Scenario-2-e1505630899322-1024x545.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"545\" \/><\/a>Example of a circuit when the wires are connected only to the metal casing<\/em><\/p>\r\nWhen both wires are connected to the metal casing of the bulb, electricity is unable to flow through the filament, preventing the bulb from lighting up.\r\n\r\nNow, let us now take a look at the question again.\r\n<h2><span style=\"color: #d00031;\"><strong>Analysis Of The Options<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thesmartstudent.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/ACS-J-Question.png\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8447 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/thesmartstudent.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/ACS-J-Question-1024x630.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"630\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nWhen analysing the circuits, students need to take note of one key point:\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #d30001;\"><strong>How is the bulb connected to the circuit?<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\r\nIn the following analysis, I have traced the pathway that electricity flows through (in red) as well so that it is easier to understand why the bulb lights up.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Circuit A<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thesmartstudent.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Circuit-A.png\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8455\" src=\"https:\/\/thesmartstudent.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Circuit-A-748x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"329\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nBoth the metal casing and tip of the bulb are connected to the circuit, forming a closed circuit. Thus, electricity is able to flow through the wires in the circuit to the filament, allowing the bulb to light up.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Circuit B<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/thesmartstudent.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Circuit-B.png\"><img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-8456\" src=\"https:\/\/thesmartstudent.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Circuit-B-940x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"367\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a>\r\n\r\nOnly the tip is connected to the circuit. Thus, electricity is unable to flow through the filament, preventing the bulb from lighting up.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Circuit C<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thesmartstudent.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Circuit-C.png\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-8457\" src=\"https:\/\/thesmartstudent.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Circuit-C-1024x819.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"380\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\nOnly the casing is connected to the circuit. Thus, electricity is unable to flow through the filament, preventing the bulb from lighting up.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Circuit D<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/thesmartstudent.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Circuit-D.png\"><img class=\"alignnone wp-image-8458\" src=\"https:\/\/thesmartstudent.sg\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/Circuit-D-707x1024.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"311\" height=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\r\nBoth the metal casing and tip of the two bulbs are connected to the circuit, forming a closed circuit. Thus, electricity is able to flow through the wires in the circuit to the filaments, allowing the bulbs to light up.\r\n\r\nAs the bulbs in circuits A and D will light up, the correct answer is option 4.\r\n<h2><span style=\"color: #d00031;\"><strong>What We Have Learnt Today<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\r\nWhen students wish to find out if the bulb will light up, they should check the following:\r\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #d00031;\">Are both the metal casing and the tip of the bulb connected to the circuit?<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\r\nIf the answer to the question is \u2018yes\u2019, the bulb will light up. :)\r\n\r\nIn the next blog post, I will be sharing about the advantages and disadvantages of arranging bulbs in series and in parallel.\r\n\r\nStay tuned! :)\r\n\r\n<hr \/>\r\n\r\n[thrive_leads id='8207']","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[25,48,23,4,6,3],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"modified_by":"Jaimie Aberia","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepiquelab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepiquelab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepiquelab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepiquelab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepiquelab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=195"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/thepiquelab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":244580,"href":"https:\/\/thepiquelab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/195\/revisions\/244580"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepiquelab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepiquelab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepiquelab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepiquelab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=195"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepiquelab.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}