4TH QUARTER SCIENCE 8 LIVING THINGS AND THEIR ENVIRONMENT

MODULE 1: BIODIVERSITY

 BIODIVERSITY REFERS TO THE VARIETY OF ORGANISMS LIVING ON EARTH; COINED FROM THE WORDS BIOLOGICAL
DIVERSITY

LEVELS OF BIODIVERSITY:
1. SPECIES DIVERSITY  DIFFERENT KINDS OF ORGANISMS
2. GENETIC DIVERSITY GENETIC INFORMATION THAT ORGANISMS CONTAIN
3. ECOSYSTEM DIVERSITY DIFFERENT KINDS OF PLACES THAT ORGANISMS LIVE AND THE INTERCONNECTIONS THAT
BIND THESE ORGANISMS TOGETHER
SPECIES DIVERSITY

AT PRESENT, MORE THAN A MILLIONORGANISMS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AND NAME WHILE MANY MORE ARE BEING
DISCOVERED EVERY YEAR

CLASSIFYING AND NAMING ORGANISMS: DONE BY SCIENTISTS SO THAT ORGANISMS CAN BE STUDIED AND INFORMATION
ABOUT THEM CAN BE SHARED TO THOSE WHO NEED IT.

CATEGORIES OF CLASSIFICATION:

1. DOMAIN LARGEST CATEGORY

2. KINGDOM
3. PHYLUM
4. CLASS
5. ORDER
6. FAMILY
7. GENUS
8. SPECIES A GROUP OF SIMILAR ORGANISMS AND CAPABLE OF REPRODUCING THEIR OWN KIND

EXAMPLES: DOG, WALING-WALING (ORCHIDS), MILKFISH (BANGUS), RICE PLANT, HUMANS

TWO DOMAIN SYSTEM: PROKARYOTES, EUKARYOTES

PROKARYOTES TINY AND UNICELLULAR, THUS CALLED MICROORGANISMS; NO NUCLEAR MEMBRANE; NO TRUE NUCLEUS

EUKARYOTES HAS TRUE NUCLEUS THAT CONTAINS DNA; A LOT ARE MULTICELLULAR, THUS ARE LARGER

THREE DOMAIN SYSTEM OF CLASSIFICATION: ARCHAEA, BACTERIA, EUKARYA