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VOCABULARY TERM 3

TAXONOMY:

Dictionary Definition:

The study of general principles of scientific classification of plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships

My Definition:

The way to classify plants and animals based on their natural relationship

Sentences:

Taxonomy help us to classify plants, and animals according their natural habitat or relationships with different shapes, colours, etc

BIODIVERSITY:

Dictionary Definition:

a biological diversity in an environment as indicated by numbers of different species of plants and animals.

My definition:

an environment in which there are various of plants and animals

Sentence:

Biodiversity is very important for animals and many other species to live in a harmony

SIX-KINGDOMS:

Dictionary Definition:

a major category in biological taxonomy that ranks above the phylum and below and domain

My Definition:

Sentence: The animal kingdom is filled with a lot of animals

DICHOTOMOUS KEY:

Dictionary Definition:

a key for the identification of organisms based on a series of choices between alternative characters

My Definition:

The way to identify organisms by looking at their characters

Sentence:

Dichotomous helps us to identify specific kind of organisms

CLASSIFICATION OF ANIMALS:

Dictionary definition:

Animals are classified by kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species so that scientists re able to study the relationships in animal groups and see how their animal family tree has developed through time

My definition: Animal that are put in different categories so that the scientist can observe them better

Sentence: There are a lot of classifications of plants and animals.

FOOD WEB:

Dictionary definition:

the totality of interacting food chains in an ecological community

My definition:

A food chain that connects to each other

Sentence:

The food web is very important for animals to live in harmony with other animals in the community

BIOME:

Dictionary definition:

a major ecological community type (as tropical rain forest, grassland, or desert)

My definition:

Types of environments

Sentence:

There are various biomes located in different place of the world

ECOSYSTEM:

Dictionary definition:

The complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit

My definition:

a community work together to create it’s own environment

Sentence:

the ocean ecosystem are filled with animals from different species


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