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Biodiversity of species

Name Class Date

12112 Organisms can be divided into five kingdoms, including protoctists and prokaryotes
(mainly bacteria, which are single-celled and their cells do not have nuclei).
a Give the names of the other three kingdoms.

b Describe a characteristic of one kingdom in your answer to part a.

c What does a nucleus do in a cell?

12113 All of the different species were identified in two areas (X and Y). The results are shown in
the tables below, together with a list of the birds found in each area.
Total number of species in area X 159 Total number of species in area Y 28
Birds Birds
corn bunting Miliaria calandra black-throated sparrow Amphispiza bilineata
reed bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Cassin’s sparrow Peucaea cassinii
yellowhammer Emberiza citrinella verdin Auriparus flaviceps

a What kingdom are birds in?

b Suggest a characteristic of birds that puts them together in a smaller group in that kingdom.

c Suggest a characteristic of different birds used to separate them into even smaller groups.

d The birds can be classified into many different groups, depending on their characteristics.
Which two birds in the tables would be found together in the most groups? Explain your
reasoning.

e Give an advantage of using scientific names.

f What genus do verdins belong to?

g Which area (X or Y) has the greater biodiversity? Explain your reasoning.

h Explain one reason why it is important to preserve biodiversity.

I can…
● interpret scientific organism names
● describe how organisms are classified

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● explain the importance of biodiversity.

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