Year 7, unit 2 Classification of organisms

Name: .......................................................................... Class: ......................... Date: ......................

Lesson 3: The 5 kingdoms Worksheet:

Cracking the classification code

Each level of the Linnaean classification system is like a code that describes the way an organism looks or behaves. Make a classification key that will identify each of the classes mentioned in the key.

Kingdom
Animalia has many cells with a nucleus, is able to move freely from one area to another, needs to eat complex nutrients and digest them internally into simple nutrients and gives birth to live young or lays eggs. Plantae has many cells with a nucleus and cell walls made of cellulose. Although it can move one part of its body, it usually stays in the one place. It uses photosynthesis to makes its own food (it has green chlorophyll) and reproduces by producing seeds or spores. Fungi usually has many cells with cell walls made of chitin, needs to digest its nutrients externally and absorb the simple nutrient molecules into its body, reproduces by spores and usually does not move from place to place.

Phylum
Chordata has a vertebrate column with a cord of nerves that runs through it at some point in their life, has an endoskeleton (internal skeleton) and has a tail at some stage of their life (sometimes before they are born). Mollusca has a large external shell with a hollow centre filled with fluid. Cnidaria has no skeleton and has at least two stages of life a free-swimming stage as a bell shape, and a stage when it settles down in one place as a vase-shaped polyp. It contains stinging cells for defence or capturing food. Arthropoda has an exoskeleton (external skeleton), jointed appendages (legs) and a body made of segments that allow movement.

Class
Bivalvia has an external shell divided into two halves that are connected with a hinge. Mammalia has a fur or hair-covered body, gives birth to live young, feeds its young with milk produced by mammary glands and is able to control its body temperature by internal physiological means. Pisces lives in water, controls its body temperature by behavioural means. The skin is covered in scales, and it breathes through gills. Reptilia lives on land, has a body covered in dry scales, lays eggs, controls its body temperature by behavioural means and breathes through lungs. Amphibia lives part of its life in water and part on land, lays eggs, has a body covered in moist skin and controls its body temperature by behavioural means. Aves has a body covered in feathers, lays eggs, is able to control its body temperature by internal physiological means and breathes through lungs.
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Year 7, unit 2 Classification of organisms

Name: .......................................................................... Class: ......................... Date: ......................

1. Find each of the classification groups in the word search.

A V E S E R T C C H O R D A T A A

M A C I E B F A N O P O I U Y P R

P I S C E S U P A I L D F G H L T

H N N B B V N V C X D R L K J A H

I Q W E R T G Y U I O A P A S N R

B I V A L V I A J H G F R K S T O

I J K R E P T I L I A L Q I W A P

A N G I O S P E R M O P H Y A E O

A N I M A L I A Q M N B V C R E D

M O L L U S C A S M A M M A L I A

2. Name an animal that fits into each of the classification groups above.

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