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Diversity Of Organisms, Organisms, Plants, Animals - Coggle Diagram
Diversity Of Organisms
:pencil2:This grouping of organisms is known as classification and the study of biological classification is called taxonomy.
Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) gave each organism a two-part scientific name: a genus name and the species name
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Organisms
Multicellular
Produce own food (Plants, ex: water lily)
Do not produce their own food :
- have a cell wall (Fungi, ex: mold)
- do not have a cell wall (Animals, ex: starfish)
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Plants
Have flowers :
- Grow in water (ex: water lily)
- Grow on land (ex: hibiscus)
Do not have flowers :
- Reproduce by seeds (ex: pine)
- Reproduce by spores (ex: fern)
Animals
With a backbone
Body temperature is not regulated :
- have scales =
Breath using lungs, ex: chameleon
Breath using gills, ex: piranha
- have moist skin without scales =
Amphibians, ex: frog
Body temperature is regulated :
- have feathers (Birds, ex: chicken)
- have hair (Mammals, ex: chimpanzee)
Without a backbone
with jointed legs, ex: horseshoe crab
without jointed legs, ex: octopus