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Claasification of organisms
-Scientist estimate that there are about 10 to 100 million kinds of organisms on earth.
-So far,scientists have only discovered about 2 million kinds of organisms
-In order to study this huge diversity of organisms,scientists sort organisms into groups.
-The sorting of organisms into groups is called claasification of organisms.
-They are claasified according to their characteristic
-Two major groups of organisms are animal and plant
-The claasification of organisms will allow us to remember and relate them to each other
Claasification = the sorting of things into groups compare the similarities and differences among them (when an organisms is put
together in the same features or characteristic together)
CLAASIFICATION OF ANIMALS
-Animals with the same characteristic features are claasified into the same group and enable us to study
them systematically
-They are divide into two groups: invertebrates and vertebrates
-Vertebrates are animals with backbone that protect the spinal cord
-Invertebrates are animals without backbone
Vertebrates
Invertebrates
Mammal
~warm-blooded
~breathe with lungs
~bodies covered with hair or fur
~reproduce by giving birth to live young
~have their young fed on milk
E.G.
platypus ,cow,whale,bat,monkey
Bird
~warm-blooded
~breathe with lungs
~bodies covered with feathers
~have beaks and wings
~reproduce by laying eggs with shells
~carry out internal fertilisation ()
E.G.
penguin,eagle,pigeon
Reptiles
~cold-blooded
~breathe with lungs
~bodies covered with dry and scaly skin
~have two pairs of limbs except snakes
~reproduce by laying eggs with shells,on land
~carry out internal fertilisation
~can live both in water and land
E.G
crocodile , tortoise , lizard, snake
Amphibian
~cold-blooded
~breathe through their gills
~bodies covered with smooth and moist skin
~have two pairs of limbs that enable them to move freely
~reproduce by laying jelly-covered eggs without sheels,in water
~can live both in water and land
E.G.
frog, toad, salamander, newt
FISH (Pisces)
~cold-blooded
~breathe through gills
~skin covered with hard protective scales
~have fins and tails to help them swim
~bodies are streamlined so that they canmove fast in the water
~reproduce by laying eggs
~have bodies that are well adapted for life under water
E.G.
seahorse, eel, tuna, clown fish
CL***IFICATION OF PLANTS
Plants are divide into two groups: Flowering and Non- flowering
Flowering plants can divide into two more groups: Monocotyledons and Dicotyledons
Non- flowering plants can divide into three more group: Mosses,Fern and Conifers
Flowering plants
a) Monocotyledons
~Produce seeds with one cotyledon
~Have fibrous root
~The stems are soft and not woody
~The leaves have parallel veins