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    CHALLENGE: Can You and Your: Partner Write Down An Animal/plant Species For Every Letter of The Alphabet Eg. Ntelope

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    This document provides information about classifying and identifying different species of living things. It begins with the statement that each type of animal is a species, and there are over two million known species. It then lists examples of different animal and plant species for each letter of the alphabet as a challenge. The rest of the document discusses classifying organisms into groups, the variety of life on Earth, reasons for declining biodiversity, and how an alien might approach classifying different Earth species.

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    This document provides information about classifying and identifying different species of living things. It begins with the statement that each type of animal is a species, and there are over two million known species. It then lists examples of different animal and plant species for each letter of the alphabet as a challenge. The rest of the document discusses classifying organisms into groups, the variety of life on Earth, reasons for declining biodiversity, and how an alien might approach classifying different Earth species.

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    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

    4.1 Life on Earth

    antelope
    bear
    cheetah
    dog
    elephant
    fox
    giraffe
    hippopotamus
    iguana
    jaguar
    koala
    lion
    meerkat

    newt
    orang-utan (a type of ape)
    panda
    quokka (similar to a kangaroo)

    rhinoceros
    snake
    tiger
    urutu (a type of snake)
    viper (another type of snak
    wolf
    Xantus hummingbird
    yak (similar to a cow)
    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 see many strange life forms around you. Discuss
    with your alien partner, how would you group
    (classify) all these strange creatures?

    Invertebrate subgroups

    Annelids
    e.g.__________

    Arthropods
    e.g. beetle,
    hard outer
    skeleton,

    Cnidarians
    e.g.__________

    Echinoderms

    Flatworms

    e.g.__________

    e.g.__________

    jointed
    legs

    Arachnids
    e.g

    Insects
    e.g. fly,
    6 legs,
    wings,
    3-part
    body

    Crustaceans
    e.g.__________

    Myriapods
    e.g.__________

    Molluscs
    e.g.__________

    Tree of Life intro video

    Yangtze river-dolphin
    Extinct?????

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtl82U
    RPJsE

    Different
    species
    There are 32 4.1
    species
    of dolphin
    Spotteddolphin
    notendangered

    Animals that produce fertile offspring


    belong to the same species Bottlenosedolphin
    notendangered
    Some closely related species can interbreed
    but the offspring or not fertile

    Whitesideddolphin
    notendangered

    Maui'sdolphin
    critically
    endangered

    Fishing and pollution have brought some species close to extinction

    Why are these dolphins different species?

    Jaglion
    Leopon- Lion and leopard
    Grolar- Grizzly and polar
    bear

    Cama- camel
    and lima

    Liger

    Wolphinkiller 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...............

    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/ayeaye/daubentoniamadagascariensis/video-08d.html?
    movietype=wmMed

    4.1 Rats
    Rats will eat anything and have many natural predators

    Read text page 105-114


    Q 1-12 answer in full
    sentences

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