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Plants are used in every day life. What uses of

plants can you think of?
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Plants can be used for a variety of things.
• Medicine
• Dyes
• Clothing
• Food
• Scents and perfumes
• Buildings
• Furniture
• Musical instruments
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Learning Outcomes

To know the FIVE kingdoms organisms are

classified into
To be able to classify some organisms using a
key
To be able to name an organism by its scientific
name, using the genus and the species
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Organisms can be classified into five kingdoms. These
kingdoms can then be classified further into smaller
groups

What do you think these five kingdoms are?

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The five kingdoms are

1. Animalia
2. Plantae
3. Fungi
4. Protoctists
5. Prokayotes
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The ‘Plantae’ or Plant kingdom is classified into two
groups; seed producing and non seed producing.

They are then classified further using a key into five

distinct groups.
1. Algae
2. Mosses
3. Flower plants
4. Ferns
5. Conifers
Flowering Plants
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Match the Pictures to their
descriptions!
1 Mosses
Produce spores
Do not have roots
2 Ferns
Produce spores
Have lots of small leaves D
B
3 Conifers
Make seeds which are in
cones
Needle shaped leaves
4 Flowering plants
Make seeds which are in
fruits
Have flowers
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Complete the Plant Kingdom summary table
Classification group Characteristics
Mosses

Ferns

Conifers

Flowering plants
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The ‘Animalia’ or animal kingdom is classifed into two
groups. Vertebrates (with a back bone) and
invertebrates (without a back bone).

The vertebrates are then classified further into five

distinct groups using a key
1. Reptiles
2. Amphibians
3. Birds
4. Mammals
5. Fish
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Naming Organisms
Invertebrate

Warm blooded

Mammal

Carnivore

Tertiary consumer

Canine (dog)

Type of dog
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Naming Organisms
Invertebrate

Warm blooded

Mammal

Carnivore

Tertiary consumer

Canine (dog)

Canis familaris
Type of dog