This topic looks at:
• General characteristics of animals and plants
• Problems surrounding classification
• Adaptations of organisms that can survive in extreme environments
• Variation, inheritance and Darwins theory of evolution
Organisms have adapted to live in extreme environments, what are two examples of these?
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Why is classification important?
Describe the characteristics of organisms within the FIVE vertebrate kingdoms a) b) c) d) e) d) e) b) c)
State the 5 kingdoms and their characteristics used to classify ALL organisms a)
Identification Key
Draw an identification key for bat, dragonfly, eagle and fly.
Classification of veterbrates
What terms are used to describe vertebrates and what they mean
Which species are hard to classify

This topic looks at:
• General characteristics of animals and plants
• Problems surrounding classification
• Adaptations of organisms that can survive in extreme environments
• Variation, inheritance and Darwins theory of evolution
What factors cause variation?
1.
2.
Variation in a species can be grouped into two types
Explain, give examples and draw a graph for each type of variation
Describe the 6 steps of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection
Genetic Variation Draw punnet squares or genetic cross diagrams
1. Explain how brown eyes parents can have a blue eyed child
What do these keywords mean?
Chromosome
DNA
Genes
Alleles
Recessive
Dominant
Heterozygous homozygous
Phenotype
Genotype
2. Show the phenotype and genotype for a cat heterozygous for colour and recessive for white.
3. Brown eyes are dominant over blue eyes. A homozygous dominant male mates with a heterozygous female