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While organizing and classifying the different organisms we took into consideration their habitat (where they will be able to live), their reproduction process, and their apperance (which was tied to the habitat). 

1) Land Animals (need oxygen to survive)

      a. Mammals (do not lay eggs)

          -Gorrilla, Squirrel Monkey, Wild Dogs, Kangaroo, Lion, and Humans

      b. Animals that do lay eggs

           - Eagle, American Robin, Ostrich, Owl, Salamander, Rattle Snake
       

2) Land and Water Animals ( can live/survive in both environments)

       a. (all lay eggs)

         -Frog, Turtle, and Penguin

3) Acquatic Animals (can only live under water)

       a. Animals with a Skeleton

           - Lobster, Cat Fish, Whale, Brown Trout, Eels

      b. Animals without a Skeleton

         - Starfish, Octopus, Jellyfish

     c. Plants

       - Coral, Sea Weed, Sea Urchin

4)  Insects

     a. Flying Insects (with legs)

       - Butterfly, Fly

     b. Non-Flying Insects (with legs and similar round shaped bodies)

        - Ischnodemus Sabulet, Cockroach, Spider

     c. Non-Flying, no legs and live "usually" underground

        - Leech, Earthworm, Flatworm: Stylochus, Flatworm: Bipalium, Garden Slug

5)Plants

     a. All grow out of the ground

         - Redwood, Blue Oak, Barley Grass, Fern, Rock Rose, and Mushroom

6) Non-Visible (to the naked eye) Organisms

     -Bacteria: Pseudomonas Aeruginosa, Amoeba, Eugelena Oxyuris, Volvox, E.coli, Streptococcus

We decided to go to Encyclopedia of Life and compare the Lion to what scientists have classified it as. We both classified it as an animal and mammal. Encyclopedia of Life included the lion's eating functions, skeletal functions, and life expectancy. Other groups in the Biology103 class classified it with their skeletal functions.

~Paoli Roman and Valerie Donely