Classification Flashcards

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What is MRS GREN

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Movement, Respiration, Sensitivity, Growth, Reproduction, Excretion and Nutrition

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Why do we use classification?

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Organization, classifying if things are non living living or dead and for grouping thing

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Explain difference between breathing and Respiration

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Breathing is the physical process of moving (oxygen-rich) air into the lungs and Respiration is a chemical reaction that happens in every living cell (in the mitochondria) – it uses the oxygen we breathed in and the food we have absorbed to create energy.

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What is classification?

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Classificattion is putting things into useful groups.

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Why classify??

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To keep thing organized and so it is easy to find what your looking for and help see relationship between groups etc

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Carl Linnaeus who is he?

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The father of taxidermy

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What was Carl Linnaeus

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Botanist – he classified living things according to their characteristics such as bone structure.

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What three kingdoms did he group things into?

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Plants
Animals
Fungi

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What are the 7 levels of classification?

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kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species.

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What are the 5 kingdoms

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animal, plant, fungi, protist and monera.

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what is Binomial Nomenclature

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2 part naming system

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Felis domesticus

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Domestic Cat

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Felis leo

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Lion (African)

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Panthera pardus

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Leopard

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Panthera tigris

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Tiger

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Canis lupus

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Tiger

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Canis familiaris

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Domestic Dog

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Homo sapiens

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Humans

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Homo neanderthalensis

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Neanderthal (Human ancestors/distantly related evolutionary “cousins”

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Classification of Humans

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Animalia.
Chordata.
Mammalia.
Primates.
Hominidae.
Homo.

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Human Phylogenetic Tree?

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We did NOT descend from ‘apes’ (or monkeys…or chimps..) RATHER;

We share a COMMON ANCESTOR with chimpanzees/apes and neanderthals….We had the same great, great…….great grandparent!

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Organism

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A living thing

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Classification

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The sorting of organisms into groups according to similar structures

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Domain

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The largest group into which organisms are classified e.g Eukarya

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Kingdom
2nd largest group into witch things are classified
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Phylum
A sub group of a kingdom
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Genus
The second lowest sub group for orginisms like humans
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species
Its like a given name aka the lowest sub group for organisms
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classification key
A diagram tool that is used as a tool for indentifying an uknown organism
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Dichotomous key
A classification key that only has two choices
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Vertebrate
animal with back bone
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Invertebrate
Animal with no back bone
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Endotherm
A animal that keeps its internal body temp consistent no matter what the surrounding
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Ectotherm
A animal that changes body temp dependent on the environment around them
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Mammal
Breathes air, is endothermic, has hair fur and produces milk for there young. They are Vertebrates
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Bird
Is endothermic has feathers and lays hard eggs. Verterbrate
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Reptile
An breathes air, is ectothermic, has dry bony skin and lays eggs, vertebrate
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Amphibian
vertebrate, lives there first half of there life underwater with gills and second stage of their life on land with lungs
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Fish
Vertebrate that breathes underwater with gills
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What are the 5 Vertebrate groups
Amphibian, Mammal, Bird, Fish, Reptile
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What groups of animals are in the kingdom Animalia?
Porifera - sponge Cnidaria- Jellyfish, octopus platyhelminths- flat worm Molluscs- Snails Annelids- Worms Mammals Reptiles Birds Fish Amphibian Arachnids- Spiders Crustaceans- Crabs, Shellfish Echinoderms - Starfish, sea urchins
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Is Monera Eukaryotic
No it is prokaryotic
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Does bacteria (Monera) hunt there own food?
No it makes food by photosynthesis
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Does Monera have a nucleus
No DNA happens in the ribosomes
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Is MOnera Unicellular or MUlticellular
Unicellular
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Is Protista eukaryotic
Yes
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Does Protista have a nucleus
Yes where DNA is stored
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How does Protista make it's food
Photosyntethis and some ingest food
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Is protista unicellular or multicellular
Unicellular
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Is Fungi Eukaryotic or prokaryotic
Eukaryotic
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Fungi has a Nucleus
True
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How does Fungi get food?
heterotrophic.
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Is Fungi multicellular or unicellular
Mostly multicellular but some are unicellular
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Is plantae Eukaryotic or Prokaryotic
Eukaryotic
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Does plantae have a nucleus
Yes
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Is plantae mulitcellular or unicellular?
Multicellular
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Is animilia eukaryotic or prokaryotic
Eukaryotic
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Does animilia have a nucleus
Yes
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Is animilia multicellular or unicellular
multicellular
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What crucial job does fungi do in the world
It is responsible for decomposing
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What is a Biotic factor
living factors such as predators
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What is a Abiotic Factor
non-living factors such as temperature.
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Adaptation
characteristics that allow an organism to survive and reproduce better in a certain environment.
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Terrestrial what does it mean
land
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Aquatic what does it mean
water
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Remember the definition of Adaptation
Those that cope best will survive the longest and will be more likely to reproduce, ensuring the survival of the species. This is often known as ‘survival of the fittest’.
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What are the three main adaptions
Behavioral adaption, physical adaptation, functional
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What is a behavioral adaptation
Behaviours that can be instinctive or learnt. Example- curling up with people when it’s cold outside.
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What is a physical adaption
The colour, shape, size and structure of an animal’s body
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What is a functional adaption
The internal workings of an organism must suit the ecosystem and environment it lives in.
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