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Habitats: |
The organisms must be adapted to the specific conditions existing in that era. |
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Adapting to Habitats: |
Adaptations are things that help the organisms survive in their habitat, e.g.: Cactus-spines for protection,ridges to help give eras of shade and roots branched out near the surface to obtain water quickly. |
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Prey or Predators: |
Each type of organism has a special feature that help it to survive in its particular habitat Predators-long claws,sharp teeth,fast,strong Prey-poison fangs/skin,camouflaged,agile bodies |
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Daily Changes: |
To maximise their survival in the habitat e.g.: Crocus plant will open its flower in bright sunshine/when insects will fly into it. At night the flower closes to stop water lose. |
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Food chain: |
Plants are producers-animlas that eat the plants are primary consumers- animals that each them are called secondary consumers e.g.: grass-rabbit-fox |
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How do plants get their energy: |
Plants get their energy from the sun and this is the basic of all food chains. |
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Classification: |
Where organisms are arranged into groups, in a group they will have similar features and that that makes it easy to and compare them. The name also gives info about the organisms in the group. |
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5 Kingdoms: |
animal: divided to vertebrates & invertebrates plant:divided into flowering/non flowering plants fungus:includes mould,mushroom,yeast protist:variety of simple organisms-many 1 cell moera:singled-celled, no nucleus but bacteria |
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Animal Kingdom: |
Vertebrates-have backbones invertebrates- don't have a backbone |
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Main features of animals: |
fish: breath-gills,live in water:shark,salmon,tuna amphibians:moist-soft skin:frog,toad,newt, reptiles:dry scaly skin,breath-lungs:snake,tortoise,crocodile Bird" warm blooded,feathers: eagle,sparrow,owl Mammal:fur/hair,warm blood:human,horse,bat |
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Arthropods: |
There are more species than any other animal. They can be subdivided into four classes: insect,arachnid,myriapods.crustaceans |
