Biodiversity Flashcards
The variety of living organisms in a particular area is called its ________________
Biodiversity
If an area is said to have many plants and animals it is said to have high ________________
Biodoversity
We ______________ an object when we put it in a group with other objects that are similar in some way.
Classify
A ___________ system is a set of criteria that we use to classify objects and name the groups that we put objects in.
Classification
The grouping of living things according to their characteristics is called _________________ ___________________.
biological classification
The most widely accepted system of biological classification divides living organisms into ___________ main groups called _____________
Five, Kingdoms
Which kingdom does the picture represent?
Animal
What are the five main biological classifications?
Animal, Bacterium, Protist, Plant, Fungi
Which kingdom does the picture represent?
Fungi
Which kingdom does the picture represent?
Plants
Which kingdom or biological classification does the following picture represent?
Protist
Which kingdom or biological classification does the following picture represent?
Bacterium
Draw a pie chart with the correct numbers as it relates to biological classifications or the ‘kingdoms’.
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[____________] [_____________] was the [nationality] naturalist who began the enormous task of classifying all living things.
1) Carl Linnaeus (Make sure you can really spell this name!)
2) Swedish
Carl Linnaeus created [_______] groups or [______] [_______] to classify all living organisms.
1) Seven
2) Taxanomic levels (make sure you can spell taxanomic!)
What are the taxonomic levels Carl Linnaeus came up with in the correct order.
1) Kingdom
2) Phylum (Division)
3) Class
4) Order
5) Family
6 Genus
7) Species
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Kingdoms are the [_______________] ranking taxonomic level.
Highest
As it relates to taxanomic level, kingdoms contain [___________] animals with [________] features in common.
1) Many
2) Few
The [___________] is the smallest, lowest ranking taxon.
species
The species taxon contains only [________, _______] kind of organisms that are [_______,_________] to one another and are able to [___________].
1) the, same
2) very similar
3) Reproduce
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What are the three main ways in which plants and animals are different?
Movement, Nutrition, Reproduction
In what ways are plants and animals different as it relates to movement?
Plants do not move around. Animals do. Plants grow roots that anchor them in the soil, these roots then absorb water and nutrients.
In what ways are plants and animals different as it relates to Nutrition?
Plants use chlorophyll to make their own food using photosynthesis. They also use sunlight, carbon dioxide from the air and water and mineral salts form the soil to make their own food.
Animals do not make their own food they hunt for it or eat plants.
In what ways are plants and animals different as it relates to reproduction?
Plants reproduce via seeds, spores or vegetation (which is where a piece of the plant falls off).
Animals reproduce by giving birth to live young, laying eggs or simply by dividing their bodies onto two.