Key learning points

1. Mammals are animals that have a backbone, breathe air, and grow hair at some point during their life.
2. Mammals give birth to live young and feed them milk.
3. Mammals are warm blooded animals.
4. Different mammals have different names.
5. Animals can be sorted into mammals and not mammals using simple classification skills.

Common misconception

Keywords

• Animals - An animal is a living thing which moves and eats other animals or plants.

• Mammal - A mammal is a warm-blooded animal that gives birth to live young and has hair or fur.

• Hair - Hair is a thin, flexible structure that grows from the skin of mammals.

• Milk - Milk is a liquid produced by mammal mothers to feed newborns.

• Live young - Most mammals give birth to living young rather than hatching their young from eggs.