Classification and Biodiversity

• What are the two major living organisms?

  1. Plants
  2. Animals
• What is a Vertebrate?

  An animal with a backbone e.g. birds, snakes, humans
• What's is an invertebrate?

  An animal without a backbone e.g. spiders, insects
• Name two the two ways scientists classify and name organisms.

  1. Morphological
  2. DNA analysis
• What are the 7 groups? (DogsKeepPractisingColdFishingGnomeSkills)

  1. Domain
  2. Kingdom
  3. Phylum
  4. Class
  5. Family
  6. Genus
  7. Species
• What is a Genus?


  The first part if an organisms scientific name.
• What is a Species?


  The second part of an organisms scientific name
• What is family group?


  Morphological features (body structure) in common
• What is Phylum?


  Groups get smaller and organisms
• What is class?


  Become more similar as they have more
• What are the 5 kingdoms?

  1. Animals
  2. Plants
  3. Fungi
  4. Single celled organisms
  5. Bacteria
• Why are scientific names used for animals?


  Scientific names are universal. The use of the names are to avoid any confusion with language barriers