NAME: __________________________________

SECTION: __________________

BIODIVERSITY
Application:

Write an essay composed of four to five sentences explaining why is it important to care for our
biodiversity.

Criteria:

 Content – 6 points
 Organization of Ideas – 4 points

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Assessment:

True or False

Direction: Write T if the statement is correct and F if the statement is wrong.

1. Carl Von Linn who laid the foundation of modern taxonomy established a classification
system based on the structural similarity of organisms.
2. Binomial nomenclature used two names to name every organism; this includes family and
genus names.
3. In the hierarchy of living organisms, class refers to a group of related genera.
4. Species diversity consists of different kinds of organisms.
5. All our wood products come from metals.
6. Plants absorb greenhouse gasses and help stop global warming
7. Species refers to a group of organisms possessing certain definite characteristics that can
interbreed and produce fertile offspring.
8. Class is a group of related family.
9. The next level after class is the genus which is a group of related species.
10. Taxonomy comes from the Greek word taxis which mean arrangement.