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Biodiversity

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Total cards: 24•Content version: v4•Public deck•Updated: 8/1/2026

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#1
Front (Question)

Describe the principle by which we classify objects.

Back (Answer)

We group objects together that are similar in some way.

#2
Front (Question)

What is the name of the science of classifying living organisms?

Back (Answer)

Taxonomy

#3
Front (Question)

Name the 5 broad groups of living animals or kingdoms.

Back (Answer)

• Bacteria • Protists • Fungi • Plants • Animals

#4
Front (Question)

Name the Swedish naturalist who started the process of classifying all living things.

Back (Answer)

Carl Linnaeus

#5
Front (Question)

Use the mnemonic Keep Plates Clean Or Family Grows Sick to name the 7 classification levels.

Back (Answer)

• Kingdon • Phylum • Class • Order • Family • Genus • Species

#6
Front (Question)

Name the green pigment in plants.

Back (Answer)

Chlorophyl

#7
Front (Question)

Name the two phylum in the animal kingdom.

Back (Answer)

Vertebrates and invertebrates.

#8
Front (Question)

Name the phyla of animals that have a backbone.

Back (Answer)

Vertebrates

#9
Front (Question)

Name the phyla of animals that don’t have a backbone.

Back (Answer)

Invertebrates

#10
Front (Question)

Names the five classes of vertebrates.

Back (Answer)

• Fish • Amphibians • Reptiles • Birds • Mammals

#11
Front (Question)

What does it mean if an animal is cold-blooded?

Back (Answer)

It can’t control the temperature of its blood and so takes on the temperature of its surroundings.

#12
Front (Question)

Describe the phyla of invertebrates call Athropoda.

Back (Answer)

All have jointed legs and an exoskeleton e.g. insects, arachnids and crustaceans.

#13
Front (Question)

Describe the phyla Mollusca.

Back (Answer)

Soft-bodies animals like snails.

#14
Front (Question)

What two groups (phyla) is the plant kingdom divided into?

Back (Answer)

• Seed producing plants 2. Spore-producing plants

#15
Front (Question)

How do spore producing plants reproduce?

Back (Answer)

They produce spores which can develop into new plants.

#16
Front (Question)

Name the two groups (classes) that Seed-producing plants are divided into.

Back (Answer)

Angiosperms and Gymnosperms

#17
Front (Question)

How do angiosperms reproduce?

Back (Answer)

Using flowers which grow seeds inside them when fertilised.

#18
Front (Question)

How do gymnosperms reproduce?

Back (Answer)

They produce seeds in cones.

#19
Front (Question)

Name the two groups (orders) or angiosperms.

Back (Answer)

Monocotyledons and dicotyledons

#20
Front (Question)

What is the difference in the seeds of monocotyledons and dicotyledons?

Back (Answer)

mono contains 1 leaf in the seed and di contains 2.

#21
Front (Question)

What is the difference in the root system of monocotyledons and dicotyledons?

Back (Answer)

mono - adventitious root system of many branches di - tap root deep into soil

#22
Front (Question)

What is the difference in the flowers of monocotyledons and dicotyledons?

Back (Answer)

mono - parts of flower arranged in multiples of 3 di - parts of flower arranged in multiples of 4 or 5

#23
Front (Question)

What is the difference in the stems of monocotyledons and dicotyledons?

Back (Answer)

mono - remains green and flexible di - starts green/flexible but become hard and woody

#24
Front (Question)

What is the difference in the leaves of monocotyledons and dicotyledons?

Back (Answer)

mono - long leaves with parallel veins di - different shaped leave with network of veins