Classifying Living things and Species LO: - to be able to classify organisms into related groups - to be able to define and explain species From antelopes to zebras - each type of animal is a species. There are more than two million species. CHALLENGE: Can you and your partner write down an animal/plant species for every letter of the alphabet Eg. Antelope

orang-utan (a type of ape) cheetah panda dog elephant rhinoceros fox 4.1 Life on Earth antelope newt bear orang-utan (a type of ape) cheetah panda dog quokka (similar to a kangaroo) elephant rhinoceros fox snake giraffe tiger hippopotamus urutu (a type of snake) iguana viper (another type of snake) jaguar wolf koala Xantu’s hummingbird lion yak (similar to a cow) meerkat zebra

The range of species in one place is the place's biodiversity. Why is the worlds biodiversity decreasing?

Variety of life

You are an alien and you have just landed on Earth You are an alien and you have just landed on Earth. You see many strange life forms around you. Discuss with your alien partner, how would you group (classify) all these strange creatures? Animals/plants, vertebrates/inverte, flowering and non flowering plants

Invertebrate subgroups Molluscs e.g.__________ Arthropods e.g. beetle, hard outer skeleton, jointed legs Cnidarians Echinoderms Flatworms Annelids Insects e.g. fly, 6 legs, wings, 3-part body Crustaceans e.g.__________ Myriapods e.g.__________ Arachnids e.g

Tree of Life intro video

Yangtze river-dolphin Extinct?????

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtl82URPJsE

critically endangered There are 32 species of dolphin 4.1 Different species Spotted dolphin not endangered Animals that produce fertile offspring belong to the same species Some closely related species can interbreed but the offspring or not fertile Bottlenose dolphin not endangered White-sided dolphin not endangered Maui's dolphin critically endangered Fishing and pollution have brought some species close to extinction Why are these dolphins different species?

Cama- camel and lima Jaglion Liger Leopon- Lion and leopard Grolar- Grizzly and polar bear Cama- camel and lima

Wolphin- killer whale and dolphin

Zorse - video zonkey zony

Discuss and make a list of organisms that humans have made it easier for to survive?

Humans have made it easier for some species to survive 4.1 Rats http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63QOBq08Fxk&feature=fvst Humans have made it easier for some species to survive

Are these animals endangered http://www.arkive.org/aye-aye/daubentonia-madagascariensis/video-08d.html?movietype=wmMed

4.1 Rats Rats will eat anything and have many natural predators

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