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The document introduces the concept of biodiversity, defining important terms related to the diversity of life and classification of organisms. It explains the necessity of categorizing organisms into groups based on similarities and outlines the six kingdoms of life. Additionally, it describes the use of a dichotomous key as a tool for identifying organisms through a series of choices.

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2 Biodiversity

The document introduces the concept of biodiversity, defining important terms related to the diversity of life and classification of organisms. It explains the necessity of categorizing organisms into groups based on similarities and outlines the six kingdoms of life. Additionally, it describes the use of a dichotomous key as a tool for identifying organisms through a series of choices.

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2 Biodiversity
Getting started
Below are some important words about this topic. Do you know them all?

1 biodiversity 生物多樣性 8 Plantae 植物界


2 habitat 生境 9 Animalia 動物界
3 classification 分類 10 amphibian 兩棲動物
4 Eubacteria 真細菌界 11 reptile 爬行動物
5 Archaebacteria 古細菌界 12 mammal 哺乳動物
6 Protista 原生生物界 13 key 檢索表
7 Fungi 真菌界 14 dichotomous key 二叉式檢索表

Basic concepts

A. Diversity of life
The wide variety of life forms existing on Earth is called (1) .

The place where organisms live is called a (2) .

B. Classification
As the organisms on Earth are highly diversified, it is necessary to categorise organisms
into different groups for easier study. The categorisation of things into groups is called
(1) .

Scientists categorise organisms into different groups based on their degree of similarity
(相似度). Organisms with similar physical characteristics are classified into categories
arranged in seven levels:

Kingdom (界)
Phylum (門)
Class (綱) Number of species
Similarities within within groups
groups increase Order (目)
increases
Family (科)
Genus (屬)
Species (種)
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Organisms are classified into six kingdoms, which are:

Eubacteria Archaebacteria Protista

(2) (3) (4)

Animals can be further classified into:

Animals

(5) (6)

(7) (9) (11)

(8) (10)

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Plants can be further classified into (12) and


(13) .

C. Biological keys
A dichotomous key is a tool commonly used for identifying organisms. It consists of a
series of steps. Each step gives two alternative choices for a characteristic.

Use the following dichotomous key to identify the organisms shown below.

Dragonfly Bat Ostrich

Earthworm Newt Shark

1a With wings……………………...………........ go to 2
1b Without wings………………...……………… go to 3
2a With one pair of wings………………………. go to 4
2b With more than one pair of wings……….…. A
3a With legs……………………………..….……. B
3b Without legs……….…………………………. go to 5
4a With feathers…………………………………. C
4b Without feathers……………………………… D
5a With fins……………………………………….. E
5b Without fins…………………………...………. F

What animals are represented by A to F?


A: ____________________ B: ____________________ C: ____________________

D: ____________________ E: ____________________ F: ____________________

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