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Six animals at a zoo, sorted in more than one way.
This is Chapter 12. It is Patterns in Life: Diversity and Classification.
What you will learn
- Too many to list — sort living things by a feature you pick.
- A feature that splits cleanly — a clear yes or no.
- What decides a group — features passed from parents.
- Groups inside groups — kingdom down to species.
- Five large groups — three questions sort them into kingdoms.
- Two names for every kind — genus, then species.
- The things that do not fit — a virus has no cells.
Quick catch-up
These earlier lessons help. Open one first if a line here is unclear.
- Grouping — pick one feature, and sorting by it makes groups.
- A good question — sorts answers into a few piles.
- Two kinds of cell — a nucleus, in its own compartment, or loose.
- How big a cell can get — big bodies need small cells.
- Four kinds, not one word — bacteria, fungi, protozoa, viruses.
- What gets passed on — offspring resemble parents because instructions are copied.
- More than one sign — living things are checked on several signs together.
One rule before every bench
Every bench in this track is a simulation. No card names a real person.