1. Classification of veterbrates
B1 Topic 1 Classification, Variation and Inheritance
This topic looks at:
General characteristics of animals and plants
Problems surrounding classification
Adaptations of organisms that can survive in extreme environments
Variation, inheritance and Darwins theory of evolution
Describe the characteristics of organisms within the FIVE vertebrate kingdoms a) b) c) d) e)
Organisms have adapted to live in extreme environments, what are two examples of these? 1. 2.
Why is classification important?
KeyWords: Kingdoms, Chordata, vetebrates, invetebrates, bionomonal system,
State the 5 kingdoms and their characteristics used to classify ALL organisms a) b) c) d) e)
Identification Key
Draw an identification key for bat, dragonfly, eagle and fly.
Classification of veterbrates
What terms are used to describe vertebrates and what they mean
Which species are hard to classify
Keywords:

2. B1 Topic 1 Classification, Variation and Inheritance
This topic looks at:
General characteristics of animals and plants
Problems surrounding classification
Adaptations of organisms that can survive in extreme environments
Variation, inheritance and Darwins theory of evolution
Describe the 6 steps of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection
What factors cause variation? 1. 2.
Variation in a species can be grouped into two types
Explain, give examples and draw a graph for each type of variation
Genetic Variation Draw punnet squares or genetic cross diagrams
Explain how brown eyes parents can have a blue eyed child
2. Show the phenotype and genotype for a cat heterozygous for colour and recessive for white.
3. Brown eyes are dominant over blue eyes. A homozygous dominant male mates with a heterozygous female
Keywords: variation, continuous, discontinuous, genetic, environmental
What do these keywords mean?
Chromosome
DNA
Genes
Alleles
Recessive
Dominant
Heterozygous
homozygous
Phenotype
Genotype
Keywords: evolution, monohybrid inheritance