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How are living things classified?

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They are classified by their features and species.

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Why are living things classified?

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Classifying things(organisms,objects) into groups make them easier to remember,describe and identity.

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What is the Linnaeus system of classification?

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King Paul Cried Out For Good Soup

Kingdom,Phylum,Class,Order,Family,Genus, Species

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What is a species?

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It means a group of living organisms consisting of similar individuals capable of exchanging genes or interbreeding. The species is the principal natural taxonomic unit, ranking below a genus and denoted by a Latin binomial, e.g. Homo sapiens

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What is binomial naming of a species?

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Binomial nomenclature (also called binominal nomenclature or binary nomenclature) is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts

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What is an ecosystem?

What is an ecosystem?

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A community of organisms interacting with one another, plus the environment in which they live and interact with.

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How do physical surroundings affect an ecosystem?

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It affects the animals that live there because over time they have adapted to there habitat and it surroundings, if you were to move the animal to a different place it’s unlikely for the animal to survive.

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What are populations?

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All the inhabitants of a particular place.

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What are two things that flow through a food chain?

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Energy and nutrients.

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What is photosynthesis?

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It how a plant(producer) gets energy from the sun,carbon dioxide and water, and produces sugars and oxygen.

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What is the primary source of energy used by all organisms?

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The sun

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What is the amount of energy that passes from one feeding level to the next in the food chain?

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10%

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What is a food web?

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It’s a system of food chains linking within each other.

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How do physical surroundings affect an ecosystem?

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It affects the animals that live there because over time they have adapted to there habitat and it surroundings, if you were to move the animal to a different place it’s unlikely for the animal to survive.

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What are populations?

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All the inhabitants of a particular place.

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What are two things that flow through a food chain?

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Energy and nutrients.

17
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What is photosynthesis?

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It how a plant(producer) gets energy from the sun,carbon dioxide and water, and produces sugars and oxygen.

18
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What is the primary source of energy used by all organisms?

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The sun

19
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What is the amount of energy that passes from one feeding level to the next in the food chain?

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10%

20
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What is a food web?

A

It’s a system of food chains linking within each other.

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