G.P.

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CHAPTER 3: BIODIVERSITY
Diversity of Living Organisms
1. Biodiversity (Biological diversity) Variety of living organisms.
2. Habitat Natural place where an organism live & obtain all its basic needs.
3. Different organisms have different habitat & characteristics to adapt with
environment.
Habitat

Treetops

Organisms
Earthworms, ants,
microorganism
Birds, monkeys

Caves

Snakes, bas, tigers

Seaside

Sea urchins, hermit crab

Moist Bread

Mucor

Ponds

Fish, frogs, larvae, water snails,

dragon flies, water lilies, water
lettuce

Soil

Invertebrates
(Organisms without backbones)

Classification of Living Organisms

With legs

Without legs
Living organisms

Characteristics
Have segmented body
Have hard skin
Animals
(exoskeleton)
Have different number
Invertebrat
ofVertebrate
legs
es
s
Mammals
Examples
Birds

With legs

Without legs
3 pair of legs
Reptiles
(butterflies,
grasshoppers, beetles,
Amphibians
crickets, ants,
cockroaches
Fishof legs
4 pair
(scorpions, spiders,
mites, ticks)
More than 4 pair legs
(millipedes, centipedes,
shrimps, crabs, lobsters)

Characteristics
Worm-like
Plants & not
wormlike
Worm-like have
segmented
body
Flowering
Non-flowering
Non worm-like have
shells
Dicotyledons
Monocotyledon
s
Examples
Worm-like (leeches,
Mossesflatworms,
earthworm,
roundworms,
Ferns
tapeworms)
Non worm-like
Conifers
(jellyfish,
starfish, snails,
sea anemones,
cuttlefish)
Fungi
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