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SECTION 1 LESSON 1
Content
Section 1
The nature
and variety of
living a) Characteristics of living
organisms organisms
Lesson 1
a) Characteristics of living
organisms
a) Character-
istics of 1.1 Understand that living organisms share the
living following characteristics:
organisms – they require nutrition
– they respire
– they excrete their waste
– they respond to their surroundings
– they move
– they control their internal conditions
– they reproduce
– they grow and develop.
BONUS: Classification of
living organisms
How
many
species?
About 1.4 million
species have been
described.
It has been
estimated that
there may be as
many as 8.7 million
species!
The vast majority
have therefore not
been identified.
Estimated total Percentage of
Group number of total already
species described
Monera
Bacteria and Blue-green algae
(Prokaryotes)
Eg. Lion
Classification
Kingdom Animalia
Classification
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Vertebrates
Classification
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Vertebrates
Class Mammals
Classification
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Vertebrates
Class Mammals
Order Carnivores
Classification
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Vertebrates
Class Mammals
Order Carnivores
Family Felidae (cats)
Classification
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Vertebrates
Class Mammals
Order Carnivores
Family Felidae (cats)
Genus Panthera
Classification
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Vertebrates
Class Mammals
Order Carnivores
Family Felidae (cats)
Genus Panthera
Species leo
Classification
Panthera leo
End of Section 1 Lesson 1
• Species diversity
• Classification