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What is MRS GREN

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Movement, Respiration, Sensitivity, Growth, Reproduction, Excretion and Nutrition

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Why do we use classification?

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Organization, classifying if things are non living living or dead and for grouping thing

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Explain difference between breathing and Respiration

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Breathing is the physical process of moving (oxygen-rich) air into the lungs and Respiration is a chemical reaction that happens in every living cell (in the mitochondria) – it uses the oxygen we breathed in and the food we have absorbed to create energy.

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What is classification?

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Classificattion is putting things into useful groups.

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Why classify??

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To keep thing organized and so it is easy to find what your looking for and help see relationship between groups etc

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Carl Linnaeus who is he?

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The father of taxidermy

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What was Carl Linnaeus

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Botanist – he classified living things according to their characteristics such as bone structure.

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What three kingdoms did he group things into?

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Plants
Animals
Fungi

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What are the 7 levels of classification?

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kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species.

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What are the 5 kingdoms

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animal, plant, fungi, protist and monera.

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what is Binomial Nomenclature

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2 part naming system

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Felis domesticus

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Domestic Cat

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Felis leo

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Lion (African)

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Panthera pardus

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Leopard

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Panthera tigris

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Tiger

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Canis lupus

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Tiger

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Canis familiaris

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Domestic Dog

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Homo sapiens

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Humans

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Homo neanderthalensis

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Neanderthal (Human ancestors/distantly related evolutionary “cousins”

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Classification of Humans

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Animalia.
Chordata.
Mammalia.
Primates.
Hominidae.
Homo.

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Human Phylogenetic Tree?

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We did NOT descend from ‘apes’ (or monkeys…or chimps..) RATHER;

We share a COMMON ANCESTOR with chimpanzees/apes and neanderthals….We had the same great, great…….great grandparent!

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Organism

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A living thing

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Classification

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The sorting of organisms into groups according to similar structures

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Domain

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The largest group into which organisms are classified e.g Eukarya

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Kingdom

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2nd largest group into witch things are classified

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Phylum

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A sub group of a kingdom

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Genus

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The second lowest sub group for orginisms like humans

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species

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Its like a given name aka the lowest sub group for organisms

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classification key

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A diagram tool that is used as a tool for indentifying an uknown organism

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Dichotomous key

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A classification key that only has two choices

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Vertebrate

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animal with back bone

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Invertebrate

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Animal with no back bone

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Endotherm

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A animal that keeps its internal body temp consistent no matter what the surrounding

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Ectotherm

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A animal that changes body temp dependent on the environment around them

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Mammal

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Breathes air, is endothermic, has hair fur and produces milk for there young. They are Vertebrates

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Bird

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Is endothermic has feathers and lays hard eggs. Verterbrate

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Reptile

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An breathes air, is ectothermic, has dry bony skin and lays eggs, vertebrate

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Amphibian

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vertebrate, lives there first half of there life underwater with gills and second stage of their life on land with lungs

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Fish

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Vertebrate that breathes underwater with gills

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What are the 5 Vertebrate groups

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Amphibian, Mammal, Bird, Fish, Reptile

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What groups of animals are in the kingdom Animalia?

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Porifera - sponge
Cnidaria- Jellyfish, octopus
platyhelminths- flat worm
Molluscs- Snails
Annelids- Worms
Mammals
Reptiles
Birds
Fish
Amphibian
Arachnids- Spiders
Crustaceans- Crabs, Shellfish
Echinoderms - Starfish, sea urchins

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Is Monera Eukaryotic

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No it is prokaryotic

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Does bacteria (Monera) hunt there own food?

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No it makes food by photosynthesis

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Does Monera have a nucleus

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No DNA happens in the ribosomes

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Is MOnera Unicellular or MUlticellular

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Unicellular

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Is Protista eukaryotic

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Yes

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Does Protista have a nucleus

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Yes where DNA is stored

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How does Protista make it’s food

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Photosyntethis and some ingest food

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Is protista unicellular or multicellular

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Unicellular

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Is Fungi Eukaryotic or prokaryotic

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Eukaryotic

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Fungi has a Nucleus

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True

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How does Fungi get food?

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heterotrophic.

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Is Fungi multicellular or unicellular

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Mostly multicellular but some are unicellular

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Is plantae Eukaryotic or Prokaryotic

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Eukaryotic

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Does plantae have a nucleus

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Yes

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Is plantae mulitcellular or unicellular?

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Multicellular

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Is animilia eukaryotic or prokaryotic

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Eukaryotic

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Does animilia have a nucleus

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Yes

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Is animilia multicellular or unicellular

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multicellular

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What crucial job does fungi do in the world

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It is responsible for decomposing

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What is a Biotic factor

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living factors such as predators

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What is a Abiotic Factor

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non-living factors such as temperature.

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Adaptation

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characteristics that allow an organism
to survive and reproduce better in a certain environment.

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Terrestrial what does it mean

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land

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Aquatic what does it mean

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water

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Remember the definition of Adaptation

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Those that cope best will survive the longest and will be more likely to reproduce, ensuring the survival of the species. This is often known as ‘survival of the fittest’.

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What are the three main adaptions

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Behavioral adaption, physical adaptation, functional

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What is a behavioral adaptation

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Behaviours that can be instinctive or learnt.
Example- curling up with people when it’s cold outside.

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What is a physical adaption

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The colour, shape, size and structure of an animal’s body

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What is a functional adaption

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The internal workings of an organism must suit the ecosystem and environment it lives in.

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