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Classification
Sorting living things into groups with
similar
characteristics
Main
groups of living things
Plants
Animals
Fungi
Protists
Bacteria
Vertebrates
Animals that have a backbone
Invertebrates
Animals that do not have a
backbone
Classifying
1. Sorting living things into groups
2. Based on
similar
characteristics
specimen
a
dead
and
preserved
one living thing
Species
a group of similar organisms that can breed with one another to produce
fertile
offspring
biodiversity
The number of different species that exists in
habitat
classification key
A set of questions about the characteristics of
living
things
DNA
An uncoiled section of a
gene
that carry the code that controls what
cells
are made of and what they do
variation
The
differences
in members of the same
species
genetic
variation
Differences within a species
inherited
from the genes of
both
parents
environmental
variation
Differences within a species affected by the surroundings of an
organism.
It affects how an
organism
looks and behaves
dicontinuous
variation
Can only be one of a
limited
number of
fixed
options
continuous
variation
Can take any
numerical
value in a
large
range of values
fertilisation
in animals
When the egg fuses with the sperm to make a fertilized egg also known as a
zygote
pollination
The transfer of pollen from the anther onto the stigma
fertilisation
When the
nucleus
from a male sex cell joins with a female sex cell to make a
seed
dispersal
A
mechanism
which removes the seeds from the plant.So they can land in a suitable place to
germinate
into a new plant
How
can seeds travel
wind
bursting
animals
humans
water
asexual
reproduction
When one
parent
produces new genetically
identical
offspring
habitat
A place where
organisms
live
adaptations
Special features that help an organism survive in habitat
environment
conditions
damp/ dry
windy
/
humid
hot
/ cold
bright/
dark
categoric
data
When the thing we are changing is
described
by words or
categories
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