Biology 11
BIOLOGY 11 UNIT 1 – TAXONOMY
- PRESCRIBED LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of this unit, you must be able to:
- apply the Kingdom system of classification to study the diversity of organisms
- explain how the following principles are used in taxonomy to classify organisms:
- evolutionary relationships
- biochemical relationships
- homologous structures
- embryological relationships
- compare characteristics of a prokaryotic cell with those of a eukaryotic cell
- describe the unifying characteristics of organisms in each of the following kingdoms:
- Monera
- Protista
- Fungi
- Plantae
- Animalia
- classify selected organisms using the following taxons: kingdom, phylum (and sub-phylum), class, order, family, genus, species
- apply binomial nomenclature to name selected organisms
- use classification keys
- observe organisms to recognize common characteristics
- demonstrate ethical, responsible, co-operative behaviour
- show respect for living things
- VOCABULARY
By the end of this unit, you must be able to define the following terms:
| o binomial nomenclature
o biochemical relationship o class o embryological relationship o eukaryotic cell o evolutionary relationship o family o genus |
o homologous structure
o kingdom o order o phylum o prokaryotic cell o species o sub-phylum o taxonomy/taxon |
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