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Scientific name for humans

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Homo sapiens

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Scientific name for a lion

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Panthera leo

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Scientific name for a tiger

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Panthera tigris

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Taxonomy level 1

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Kingdom

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Taxonomy level 2

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Phylum

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Taxonomy level 3

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Class

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Taxonomy level 4

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Order

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Taxonomy level 5

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Family

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Taxonomy level 6

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Genus

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Taxonomy level 7

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Species

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Fish are covered in

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Slimy scales & gills

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12
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Fish use what for movement

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Fins

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Fish reproduction:

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Jelly-covered eggs

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Fish’s sense organs

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Eyes, some have echolocation & lateral line in body detects vibrations in water

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15
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Other definitive to class fish facts

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Cold-blooded

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Amphibians are covered in

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Slimy skins

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Amphibians movement:

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Four limbs
Webbed feet (swimming efficiency)
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Amphibian reproduction:

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Clusters of jelly-like eggs (spawn)(submerged in water)

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Amphibian’s sense organs:

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Eyes
Mouth
Legs
Ears
Nose
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20
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Other ,definitive to class, amphibian facts

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Lots of eggs
Cold-blooded
Eartly-life in water

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21
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Reptiles are covered in

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Dry scales

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Reptiles movement:

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4 limbs with the exception of snakes which have 0

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Reptile reproduction

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Eggs with a rubbery waterproof shell - laid on land

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Reptile’s sense organs

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Eyes
Ears
Mouth/tongues
Noses
Limbs
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25
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Other definitive to class reptile facts

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Cold blooded

Lungs for breathing

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Birds are covered in

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Feathers

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Birds movement:

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2 legs
2 wings
Some have flippers

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Birds reproduction:

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Eggs with hard shells

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29
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Birds sense organs:

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Eyes
Beak/mouth
Ears
Limbs

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30
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Other, definitive to class, bird facts

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Talons

Hollow bones

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31
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Mammals are covered in

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Fur/hair

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Mammal’s movement:

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Legs/ hooves

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33
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Mammal reproduction:

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Live birth

Internal fertilisation

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Mammal’s sense organs:

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Eyes 
Ears
Mouth/tongue
Nose
Limbs
35
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What does a platypus produce that no other mammal does?

36
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What is the name given to a baby platypus ?

37
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Why do male platypuses have a poisonous spike on their ankles?

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To kill small animals in self-defence

38
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Echinoderms

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Bodies divided into 5 parts

Starfish

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Arthopods

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Jointed legs
A hard covering
Bodies divided into sections
Spiders

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Molluscs

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Crawl on a single fleshy pad

Snails

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Roundworms

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Long thin round worm-like bodies with no segments

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Cnidarians

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Thin sack-like bodies with tentacles

Jellyfish

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Sponges

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Bodies made of loosely joined cells

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Flatworms

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Flat worm-like bodies

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Living things:

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M ovement
R espiration
S ensutivity

G rowth
R eproduction
E xcretion
N utrition

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2 plant groups

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Monocotyledons

Dicotyledons

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Monocotyledons:

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Smooth edges
Straight parallel veins
Veins harder to see
One cotyledon
Vascular bundles scattered throughout
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Dicotyledons:

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Jagged edges
Veins at angles- network
Veins easy to see
Two cotyledons 
Ring of vascular bundles
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Cotyledon:

50
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Desert conditions:

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Hot and dry during the day
Cold at night
Sand infertile
Exposed

51
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Arctic conditions:

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Cold and dry
High UV rays
Avalanches
Not an excess of food

52
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Rainforest

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Torrential rain
Not too much sun
Humid
Floods

53
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Underwater

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Breathing
Less oxygen
Pollution 
Dark 
High pressure
54
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Camels adaptations:

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Long thick eyelashes and lids
Humps store fat
Fur blocks sun
Kidneys extract less water from blood to conserve it
Wide flat feet
55
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Polar bear adaptations

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Black skin to absorb heat
Thick fur for heat
Blubber for heat
Flat paws

56
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Spider

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Jumps 50x own body length
Eyesight
Clever
Fibres on feet to climb

57
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Octopus

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Walks on land using suckers
Suckers = stealth
No bones so it fits in small gaps
Camo

58
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Ant lions

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Cones- gravity pulls ants down
Venemous pincers
Use cones to create mini avalanches

59
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Ants

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Long legs raise bodies off the ground 10• cooler

60
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Flying fish

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Project over water for 100s of meters

61
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Larger SA to V ratio:

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More heat loss

62
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Smaller SA to V ratio:

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Less heat loss

63
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African elephants:

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Larger ears for larger sa to v ration for more heat loss

64
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Penguins do what for heat

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Huddle to increase volove but keep a lower surface area

65
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Cacti adaptations

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Filled with water
Hollow so high SA to V ratio cools quicker
Water not lost in leaves
Spikes against predators
Thick waxy cuticle prevents hot and dry wind from blowing across the stomata
Roots deep and wide

66
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Flowers with bigger leaves found more frequently where?

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In the shade as leaves reach for the sunlight

67
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High pollution biological indicators

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Sludgeworm

Red-tailed maggot

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Moderate pollution biological indicators

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Waterlouse

Bloodworm

69
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Slight pollution biological indicators

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Freshwater shrimp

Caddisfly larva

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No pollution biological indicators

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Mayfly larva

Stonefly larva

71
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Lichen flourish where?

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Clean-aired places

72
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Arthopod with a long thin body divided into sections

Two pairs of legs on each body section

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Middle part of an animal’s body

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Rear or bottom end of an animals body

75
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Type of arthopod with a long thin body

One pair of legs on each body section

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Front or top end of an animal’s body

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Arthopod’s thick outer covering

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Exoskeleton

78
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Arthopod with a chalky shell and 5-7 pairs of legs

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Crustacean

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The differences between things

80
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The surroundings of an organism

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Environment

81
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Any plant or animal formed by reproduction

82
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Some animals have bodies divided into sections called

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