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The Kingdoms
All living things are divided into 5 kingdoms:
1. Prokaryotes - Single celled organisms.
The Kingdoms
All living things are divided into 5 kingdoms:
1. Prokaryotes - Single celled organisms.2. Protoctista
The Kingdoms
All living things are divided into 5 kingdoms:
1. Prokaryotes - Single celled organisms.2. Protoctista3. Fungi
The Kingdoms
All living things are divided into 5 kingdoms:
1. Prokaryotes - Single celled organisms.2. Protoctista3. Fungi4. Plants
The Kingdoms
All living things are divided into 5 kingdoms:
1. Prokaryotes - Single celled organisms.2. Protoctista3. Fungi4. Plants5. Animals
The Animal kingdom
We will often focus on Invertebrates.
Invertebrates make up 97% of all animal species (the other 3% are mammals, birds, fish, reptiles & amphibians).
This means there are a lot of different species to identify!
However, we can sort them into smaller groups called classes and then into orders.
The invertebrates we are likely to find fall into 6
classes:• Crustaceans• Arachnids• Molluscs• Worms• Myriapods• Insects
Use the information cards to sort the invertebrates into their different classes.
Invertebrate Facts• About 75% of all species described are
invertebrates• It is estimated that
10,000,000,000,000,000,000 (or ten million, million, million) individual invertebrates are on the planet at any one time.
• An average brood of Great Tit chicks will consume around 120,000 caterpillars whilst they are in the nest
• 1 in 3 mouthfuls of food contain insect pollinated products.
• Malaria kills one person every 12 seconds
The Plant kingdom
We will often focus on Flowering Plants.
These can be divided into two groups:
*Those with a vascular system of phloem and xylem and true roots.
* Those without - usually smaller plants with gaseous exchange across membranes and through pores and fibrous rhizoids rather than roots.
Plant Facts• 400,000 Plant species worldwide
• 20% of UK Flora is threatened
• Plants provide the photosynthetic pathways that capture sunlight energy for our food chains
• Plant science inform agriculture, conservation, horticulture and environmental issues.
The Classification SystemKingdom - largest, most diverse
Phylum Class
OrderFamily
GenusSpecies-smallest,
least diverse
Increasinglyspecific
We can divide the insects into smaller groups called orders:• Butterflies & Moths (Lepidoptera)• Lacewings (Neuroptera)• Dragonflies & Damselflies (Odonata)• Bugs (Hemiptera)• Beetles (Coleoptera)• Flies (Diptera)• Bees, ants & wasps (Hymenoptera)
The Classification SystemKingdom - largest, most diverse
Phylum eg Arthropoda
Class eg Insecta
Order eg Coleoptera
Family eg Carabidae
Genus eg Carabus
Species-eg Carabus nitens