10.1.3 Classifying plants

• The 5 kingdoms of living organisms

  • Animal kingdom
  • Plant kingdom
  • Fungi kingdom
  • Bacteria kingdom
  • Protists
• Grouping of organisms


  Based on similarities and differences in their characteristics, such as their structure
• Ferns


  • Do not have leaves, they have 'FRONDS'
  • Do not produce flowers but instead reproduce using SPORES (released from sporangia that pop)
• Flowering plants


  • Reproduce sexually through flowers and seeds
  • More than 80% of plants are angiosperms
• Two major subgroups of flowering plants

  • Monocotyledons
  • Dicotyledons
• Rosa abyssinica


  How do we name organisms?

  
• Rules for biological drawings

  1. Use a VERY sharp pencil

  2. Use smooth lines not feathery lines

  3. Be careful when joining lines up

  4. Your diagram should take up the space given

  5. Create label lines with a ruler horizontally

  6. Label clearly using a pen

  7. DON'T shade

  8. DON'T use colours
• How to calculate the surface area of a leaf

  1. Draw round the leaf onto squared paper

  2. Count the number of WHOLE squares

  3. Count the number of squares that are more than HALF in

  4. Add up any halves

  5. Repeat for both sides to get TOTAL SA