BiologyCode 5090
Features of organisms
What this topic asks you to be able to do
- Give the key characteristics used to sort every organism into one of five kingdoms: Animal, Plant, Fungus, Prokaryote, Protoctist
- Name the principal characteristics used to assign organisms to subgroups of the animal kingdom, limited to: (a) the principal categories of vertebrates: mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, fish (b) the principal categories of arthropods: myriapods, insects, arachnids, crustaceans
- Give the key characteristics used to assign organisms to subgroups of the plant kingdom, limited to ferns and flowering plants (dicotyledons and monocotyledons)
- Classify organisms by drawing on the characteristics listed under 2.2.1, 2.2.2 and 2.2.3
- Give the principal characteristics of viruses, limited to a protein coat and genetic material
- Understand that viruses are able to replicate only inside living cells