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Bio 9 Module 2
Bio 9 Module 2
: 2 Teacher: Latoya
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CHAPTER 1: Characteristics and classification of living organisms
RESOURCES:
IGCSE BIOLOGY COURSEBOOK pg 28 -31, 51-61 (Digital edition)
IGCSE WORKBOOK pg 18- 34 (Digital edition)
Focus
1 Complete the sentences, using words from the list.
binomial biological complete fertile genus group healthy living population reproduce species
An organism is a.............................thing. A.............................is a group of living organisms that can............................with each
other to produce...................................offspring.
Each species of organism has a two-word name. This system of namingis called the ................................system. The first of the
two words in the name tells us the....................................................... that the species belongs to. /6
Practice
2 Tigers, Panthera tigris, and lions, Panthera leo, sometimes mate with each other if they are kept together in a zoo. The offspring
are called ligers. Ligers are perfectly healthy, but are unable to reproduce.
Use this information to write down:
a one piece of evidence that lions and tigers are closely related
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b two pieces of evidence that lions and tigers belong to different species.
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1.3 Keys
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
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B……………………………………………..
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1.7 Groups within the animal and plant kingdom
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
check that you remember the characteristic features of the five groups of vertebrates.
Table 1.1 shows some features of five vertebrates.
Animal What its skin like? Does it have wings? Does it have a beak? What are its eggs
like?
A smooth no No soft, without a shell
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