Classifying Living things and

Species
LO: - to be able to classify organisms into related groups
- to be able to define and explain species
From antelopes to zebras - each type of animal
is a species. There are more than two million
species.

CHALLENGE: Can you and your

partner write down an animal/plant
species for every letter of the alphabet
Eg. Antelope

4.1 Life on Earth

antelope
bear
cheetah
dog
elephant
fox
giraffe
hippopotamus
iguana
jaguar
koala
lion
meerkat

newt
orang-utan (a type of ape)
panda
quokka (similar to a kangaroo)

rhinoceros
snake
tiger
urutu (a type of snake)
viper (another type of snak
wolf
Xantus hummingbird
yak (similar to a cow)
zebra

The range of species in one place is the place's

biodiversity.

Why is the worlds biodiversity decreasing?

Variety of life

You are an alien and you have just landed on Earth.

You see many strange life forms around you. Discuss
with your alien partner, how would you group
(classify) all these strange creatures?

Invertebrate subgroups

Annelids
e.g.__________

Arthropods
e.g. beetle,
hard outer
skeleton,

Cnidarians
e.g.__________

Echinoderms

Flatworms

e.g.__________

e.g.__________

jointed
legs

Arachnids
e.g

Insects
e.g. fly,
6 legs,
wings,
3-part
body

Crustaceans
e.g.__________

Myriapods
e.g.__________

Molluscs
e.g.__________

Tree of Life intro video

Yangtze river-dolphin
Extinct?????

 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtl82U
RPJsE

Different
species
There are 32 4.1
species
of dolphin
Spotteddolphin
notendangered

Animals that produce fertile offspring

belong to the same species Bottlenosedolphin
notendangered
Some closely related species can interbreed
but the offspring or not fertile

Whitesideddolphin
notendangered

Maui'sdolphin
critically
endangered

Fishing and pollution have brought some species close to extinction

Why are these dolphins different species?

Jaglion
Leopon- Lion and leopard
Grolar- Grizzly and polar
bear

Cama- camel
and lima

Liger

Wolphinkiller whale
and dolphin

Zorse - video

zonkey
zony

Discuss and make a list of

organisms that humans have made
it easier for to survive?
Humans have made it easier for...............

4.1 Rats
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63QOBq08Fxk&feature=fvst

Humans have made it easier for some

species to survive

Are these animals endangered

http://www.arkive.org/ayeaye/daubentoniamadagascariensis/video-08d.html?
movietype=wmMed

4.1 Rats
Rats will eat anything and have many natural predators

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