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Patterns in Life: Diversity and Classification

The big picture

Every idea here answers one question: what decides a group?

Patterns in Life: Diversity and Classification — the whole chapter on one screen
IdeaRememberExample
Why classifyShared features make groups. A new feature, new groupseat: flesh or plants
A clean featureEvery member answers yes or nobackbone: yes or no
What decides a groupInherited features group wellthorns vs. a nibbled leaf
Groups inside groupsKingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, specieslion: 7 ranks
Five kingdomsCell type, cell number, how it feedsMonera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia
Scientific namesGenus, then species, in italicsPanthera tigris
What does not fitNo cells fits none of the fivea virus

Now open Chapter 12 in your NCERT book. It is called Patterns in Life: Diversity and Classification. Every idea on this page is one you can name.

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  1. 0 Start here
  2. 1 Too many to list
  3. 2 A feature that splits cleanly
  4. 3 What decides a group
  5. 4 Groups inside groups
  6. 5 Five large groups
  7. 6 Two names for every kind
  8. 7 The things that do not fit
  9. 8 The big picture
  10. 9 Track quiz

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