Unit 3 Study Guide
The Living World- Diversity of Life Forms
Concept
Resources
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Test Date: ___________________________
Success Criteria
Evolution
 Textbook pg.
219
 Bill Nye
Worksheet
Describes the evolution of living organism
- I understand that evolution is the sum of all transformations
undergone by a primitive life form over time. This life form appeared
about 4 billion years ago.
Natural
Selection
 Notes
 Power point
Notes
 Textbook pg.
239
 Bead
Demonstration
 Textbook pg.
220
 PowerPoint
Notes
 Textbook pg.
220
 Taxonomy
Web Quest
Explains the process of natural selection using examples
- I can explain how giraffes adapted to having long necks
- I can explain how the population of black peppered moths and white
peppered moths changed due to changes in the habitat
Species
Taxonomy
Habitat
 Textbook pg.
228
 PowerPoint
Notes
Names the characteristics that define a species
- I can name common physical characteristics, natural, viable and
fertile reproduction
Defines taxonomy as a system for classifying living organisms based on
their physical characteristics
- I can name the 7 levels of taxonomy (Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order,
Family, Genus, Species)  King Phillip Called Oprah For Good Spices.
- I can name 6 Kingdoms of living things (Animals, Plants, Fungi,
Protists, Eubacteria, Archaebacteria)
- I Understand the purpose of the scientific name
- I can identify the genus and the species using the scientific name
Names the characteristics that define a habitat
- I can list the 5 factors that define a habitat
1. Geographic Location
2. Climate
3. Flora
Self-Evaluation
1= barely know
what it is
5= Understand
completely
4. Fauna
5. Proximity to civilization
Adaptions
 Textbook pg.
229-235
 PowerPoint
Notes229-235
Ecological
Niche
 Power point
Notes
 Textbook pg.
238
 Definitions
recorded in
notebook
 Power point
Notes
 Textbook pg.
238
 Power point
Notes
 Textbook pg.
236-237
Population
Food Webs
Genes and
Chromosomes
 Power point
Notes
 Textbook pg.
240-241
Describes physical adaptations that enable animals and plants to
improve their chances of survival
- I can provide an example for each type of adaptation
1. Adaptations to the way species move
2. Adaptations to the way they communicate (olfactory, visual or
auditory)
3. Adaptations to the way they eat (Teeth type  diet)
4. Adaptations to the way they reproduce
Names the characteristics that define an ecological niche
- I can list the 3 characteristics that define an ecological niche.
1. Habitat
2. Diet
3. Daily rhythms (habits)
Distinguished between a population and a species
- I can define population as a group of individuals of the same species
who share the same habitat at the same time.
Understands the flow of energy from one species to another
- I am able to fill out a food web indicating the direction of energy flow
with arrows
- I understand the role of producers, consumers and decomposers and
am able to identify each role in a food web.
- I am able to classify consumers as herbivores, omnivores or
carnivores.
Locates chromosomes in the cell. Defines a gene as a part of
chromosomes. Describes the role of genes.
- I can label a diagram of the cell showing the location of
chromosomes, DNA and genes.
- I understand that genes transmit hereditary characteristics (pass on
characteristics from parents to offspring)