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B2 - Classification Flashcards

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What are the features of plants and 2 examples?

A

They have a cellulose cell wall and they produce their own food using light energy, photosynthesis.
Two examples of plants are flowering plants and trees

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What are the features of animals and the two types of animals?

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They are multicellular and they feed off other organisms

The two types of animals are vertebrates and invertebrates.

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What are the features of fungi and two examples?

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They have a cell wall made of chitin and they produce spores.
Two examples of fungi are yeast and mushrooms

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What are the features of protozoa and two examples?

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They are mostly single celled organisms

Two examples are amoeba and paramecium

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What are the features of prokaryotes and two examples of them?

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They have no nucleus

Two examples are blue-green algae and bacteria

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What are the group of invertebrates called?

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Arthropods

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What are the 4 types of arthropods?

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Insects
Arachnids
Crustaceans
Myriapods

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What are the features of insects and two examples?

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They have 3 body parts, they have 2 pairs of wings and 3 pairs of legs.
Two examples are bees and butterflies

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What are the features of arachnids and 2 examples?

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They have 2 body parts and 4 pairs of legs

Two examples are scorpions and spiders

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What are the features of crustaceans and two examples?

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They have a segmented body which is divided into 3 parts, they also have paired jointed limbs.
Two examples are crabs and lobsters.

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What is the structure of the hierarchy of groups from the largest to the smallest?

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Kingdom
Phylum 
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
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How can you overcome classification difficulties?

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By comparing DNA and observing what proteins they posses, the more similar the DNA and proteins the more closely related they are.

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What are the five kingdoms?

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Plants
Animals
Fungi
Protozoa 
Prokaryotes
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What are species?

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A group of organisms that share the same characteristics, and a group of organisms that can interbreed to produce fertile offspring.

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What are the offspring of tow different species called?

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The offspring of two different species is called hybrid

Hybrids are not fertile so they cannot make a new species.

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Why do species share a lot of features?

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They live in similar habitats so they have to compete for resources and survive in the same conditions. So they evolve to survive in the environment so they have similar structures.

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