MINISTRY OF EDUCTION

SECONDARY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMME

INTEGRATED SCIENCE

GRADE 7

WEEK 6 LESSON 2

Topic: Kingdoms Of Living Things

Sub-topic: Classification of Plantas
Objective: Given pictures of plants students will:
- state correctly the group to which specific plant belongs.
- give at least 2 examples of other plants belonging to the groups.
Today, scientists have classified living things into five kingdoms. These are:
 Plantae
 Animalia
 Fungi
 Protoctista
 Prokaryotae

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CLASSIFICATION OF PLANTS
Plants are organisms that can make their food through a process called photosynthesis. Plants can be
classified in the following ways.
MAJOR DISTINCTIVE FEATURES EXAMPLES
PLANT
GROUP
Flowering  Have stems, leaves and roots  Sunflower
Plants  Produce flowers  Mango
(Angiosperms –  Reproduce by seeds that are developed in the  Guava
seeds that are ovaries (which eventually becomes the fruit)
enclosed in  Have vascular tissues that transport water,
fruits) mineral salts and food.
Conifers  Have stems, roots and needle-like leaves Pine, Juniper, Spruce
(Gymnosperms  Do not produce flowers
– Naked seeds)  Reproduce by ‘naked’ seeds that are found in
cones
 Have vascular tissues that transport water,
mineral salts and food.
Ferns  Have stems, roots and leaves that are divided  Rabbit’s foot fern
into leaflets  Stag’s horn fern
 Do not produce flowers  Bird’s nest fern
 Reproduce by ‘spores’ which are found on
the underside of the leaf
 Have vascular tissues that transport water,
mineral salts and food.
Mosses  Have simple stems, no true roots and tiny  Haircup moss
leaves  White moss
 Do not produce flowers
 Reproduce by ‘spores’ found in capsules
 Do not have vascular tissues
 Live in damp places

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Reference

1. https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/14-characteristics-of-living-things
2. https://assets.cambridge.org/97805216/80547/excerpt/9780521680547_excerpt.pdf
3. https://www.cliffsnotes.com/study-guides/biology/biology/the-science-of-biology/characteristics-of-living-
things
4. http://sc6thgradescience.weebly.com/6l4b1-common-characteristics-of-vertebratesinvertebrates.html
5. https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Vertebrata/
6. https://microbenotes.com/characteristics-of-invertebrates/
7. https://byjus.com/biology/invertebrates/

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