Classification

• What is classification?

  The grouping of living things to make them easier to understand
• What is the 5 kingdom system based on?

  Morphological features
• What is the 3 Domain system based on?

  DNA
• What groups are in the 5 Kingdom system?


  Animals, plants, single celled organisms, bacteria and fungi
• What main groups are in the 3 Domain system?

  Eukaryotes, bacteria, archaea
• What is archaea?

  Ancient bacteria
• How are animals grouped?

  Nervous coordination
• How are plants grouped?

  Ability to photosynthesise and flowering and non flowering
• What is an example of a single celled organism?

  Amoeba
• What is a eukaryote?

  A cell with a nucleus
• How do we name organisms?

  Domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
• What is the domain, kingdom, phylum and class for homosapiens?

  Eukaryotes, animal, vertebrate and mammal
• Why do organisms have names in latin?

  Latin is a universal language
• What is an adaptation?

  Special features or behaviours that make an organism particularly suited to its environment
• What is a morphological adaptation?

  A structural change which gives an organism a greater chance of survival in its habitat
• What is a behavioural adaptation?


  The way in which an organism reacts to its environment which aids its survival
• What do animals compete for?

  Food, water, space and mates
• What do plants compete for?

  Light, minerals, water and space
• What does intra specific mean?

  Within the same species
• What does inter specific mean?

  Between other species