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Name : _____________________________________ Year and Sec:__________________

Date:_________________________

Week 4 ACTIVITY SHEETS

BIODIVERSITY

Learning Task 1

A. Directions: Match item in Column A with those in Column B.

Column A Column B

____1. The grouping of objects or information-based A. Aristotle

on similarities. B. Linnaeus
____2. The system that gives each organism two names. C. Genus
____3. Developed the first method of classification, based D. Classification
on habitat. E. Taxonomy
____4. The branch of biology in which organisms are F. Binomial Nomenclature
grouped and named.
____5. Consists of a grouped of related species.
____6. Designed a system to classify organisms based on
similarities in body structures and life cycle (development).

B. Directions:
Name at least 10 organisms, write each scientific name properly and give its common name. An example is given for
you.
e.g. Man – Homo sapiens - tao
Organism Scientific name Common Name

1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.

8.

9.

10.

Learning Task 2:
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A. The pictures below show eight living organisms. Some of them are very similar. Some are very different from
each other. Study and understand the description given in the table below, then identify which description best fits
with the picture below. Write the letter A, B, C, D, E, F, G or H to identify the characteristics of each picture.

A B C D E F G H
Kingdom Animal Animal Animal Plant Animal Animal Animal Animal
Phylum Chordata Chordata Arthropoda Anthophyta Chordata Chordata Chordata Chordata
Class Mammalia Reptilia Insecta Dicotyledones Mammalia Mammalia Mammalia Mammalia
Order Primates Chelonia Diptera Fagales Carnivora Carnivora Carnivora Carnivora
Family Hominidae Emydidae Culicidae Fagaceae Felidae Felidae Felidae Canidae
Genus Homo Terrapene Theobaldia Quercus Felis Felis Panthera Canis
Species sapiens carolina anulata alba domesticu leo pardus lupus
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Five Kingdom Classification

B.

Kingdom Fungi
Kingdom
Kingdom Protista Eukaryotic Animalia
Kingdom Monera Mostly multicellular Kingdom Plantae Eukaryotic
Eukaryotic
Heterotrophs/ Multicellular
Unicellular
Prokaryotic Saprophytic Eukaryotic Heterotrophs
Autotrophs/
Unicellular Cell wall-chitin Multicellular Cell wall-
Heterotrophs
Autotrophs/ Some form Autotrophs absent
Movement-
Heterotrophs symbiotic Cell wall-
Cilia,Flagella,
Some have cell association with Cellulose
Pseudopodia
wall, some blue-green- algae
doesn’t Mushroo
m
Bacteria Amoeba Plant Lion

Directions: Use the word bank to complete the information of the table of the 5-kingdom scheme of classification.
(Note: Terms may be used more than once).

Unicellular heterotrophic E.coli algae sponge

Multicellular autotrophic Staphylococcus aureus oak tree mushroom
Prokaryotic saprophytic Streptococcus grass mold
Eukaryotic mobile paramecia moss horse
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Distinguishing Features Examples

Kingdom: Monera(bacteria)

Kingdom: Protista(protists)

Kingdom: Fungi

Kingdom: Plantae(plants)

Kingdom: Animalia(animals)

Reflection:

I learned that __________________________________________________________________________

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I realized that __________________________________________________________________________

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I want to know more about _______________________________________________________________

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