A Level Biology - Classification

**This Powerpoint specifically uses the Cambridge AS Level Biology Syllabus and covers all criteria for – Unit Classification
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Students will be able to -

1 discuss the meaning of the term species, limited to the
biological species concept, morphological species concept
and ecological species concept

2 describe the classification of organisms into three domains:
Archaea, Bacteria and Eukarya

3 state that Archaea and Bacteria are prokaryotes and that
there are differences between them, limited to differences
in membrane lipids, ribosomal RNA and composition of cell
walls

4 describe the classification of organisms in the Eukarya
domain into the taxonomic hierarchy of kingdom, phylum,
class, order, family, genus and species

5 outline the characteristic features of the kingdoms Protoctista,
Fungi, Plantae and Animalia

6 outline how viruses are classified, limited to the type of nucleic
acid (RNA or DNA) and whether this is single stranded or
double stranded

**Every Powerpoint includes learning objectives, a starter and plenary, suitable activities and review questions with mark scheme. We also provide a FREE pdf version of the file so it can easily be printed for students as a handout or uploaded to the school VLE system
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