Classification and Biodiversity

Question 1

what are flowering plants ?

Answer 1

plants that produce flowers

Question 2

what plants are examples of non flowering plants ?

Answer 2

. fern
. mosses

Question 3

what are vertebrates?

Answer 3

animals with a backbone

Question 4

what are invertebrates?

Answer 4

animals who do not have a backbone eg insects

Question 5

what are the five kingdoms?

Answer 5

. bacteria
. single celled organisms
. plants
. fungi
. animals

Question 6

what is the system used for classification?

Answer 6

binomial system

Question 7

who created the binomial system

Answer 7

Carl Linnaeus

Question 8

what is the genus?

Answer 8

the first name an animal is given which the organism shares closely with other realted organisms

Question 9

what is the species ?

Answer 9

the sceond name given, no other organism in the same genus has this name

Question 10

what could some morphological adaptations include ?

Answer 10

. behavioural adaptations
. physical changes eg ear length
. colour of coat etc