Species

and
variation of species
 Key words
 Species: A species is a group of organisms that share a
genetic heritage, are able to interbreed, and to create
offspring that are also fertile.
 Breeding: The sexual reproduction that produces offspring
 Hybrid: A mixture of two different things, resulting in
something that has a little bit of both — like the rare
zedonk, a hybrid of a donkey and a zebra.
 Ligers: a hybrid offspring of a male lion and a female tiger.
 Fertile: producing or capable of producing offspring
 Infertile: incapable of producing offspirng
 Variation: The differences in characteristics between
individuals of the same species is called variation. ·
 Species and Breeding
 Organisms that belongs to same species can breed
with each other and produce offspring
 Usually organisms belong to different species can’t
breed with each other
 Organisms of same species produces fertile offspring
 Occasionally two organisms of different species breed
with each other. These offspring are known as hybrid.
i.e. : Ligers (hybrids between lion and tiger)
 Hybrids cannot produce their pffspring as they are
infertile.
Binomial System
Scientific name of an Organism
 Binomial Nomenclature
 The formal naming system of living things.
 It gives two parts(genus and species) of Scientific names of
every species.
Why do we need scientific names?
Why do we need scientific names
instead of common names?

An organism can have multiple common names.

 Known by people o one region, language or country.
 Name available only for relatively few animals and
plants.
 Not universal
 Non-specific and often misleading. “Ring worm” is
not a worm, it’s a fungus and “Jelly fish” is not a fish.
Rules for writing Binomial
Nomenclature
Variation of species
 Variation of species

YouTube link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jUHokSPkzT8
 Variation of species
 Variation of species can be
a. inherited
b. Acquired from environment

 The pattern of variation in a group of organisms can be

shown by “frequency diagram”.
 Quiz (Formative Work)
 https://
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Home Work
 Find out the Scientific names of the following :
1. Peach
2. Gray wolf
3. Chicken
4. Tiger
5. Jackfruit
Thank you!