Course
Objectives for IB Biology
Gresham
HS
Topic Thirteen: Classification & Diversity
Note: Our IB book divides life into 6 kingdoms rather than
the 5 suggested by IB! Use the 5 kingdom classification system of Margulis and
Schwartz.
13.1 Classification- (3 hours)
13.1.1 Describe the value of classifying organisms. (pg.
560)
13.1.2 Outline the binomial system of nomenclature. (pp.
560-561)
13.1.3 Discuss the definition of the term species. (pg.
563)
13.1.4 Outline the features used to classify organisms into the
kingdoms: Prokaryotae, Protoctista, Fungi, Plantae and Animalia. (pg.
76)
13.1.5 List the seven levels in the hierarchy of taxa: kingdom,
phylum, class, order, family, genus and species using an example from each of
two different kingdoms. (pg. 562)
13.1.6 Design and/or apply a key for a group of up to eight organisms.
13.2 Diversity- (4 hours)
13.2.1 Outline the wide range of metabolic activity of prokaryotes
including fermentation, photosynthesis and nitrogen fixation. (pg.
599 ?)
13.2.2 State that a wide range of organisms including algae and
protozoa are classified in the Protoctista. (pp. 606-26
?)
13.2.3 Describe how fungi obtain nutrients using one parasite
and one saprotroph as examples. (pg. 632)
13.2.4 Outline the wide range of diversity in the plant kingdom
as exemplified by the structural differences between bryophytes, filicinophytes,
coniferophytes and angiospermophytes. (pp. 648-662 ?)
13.2.5 Outline the wide range of diversity in the animal kingdom
as exemplified by movement in earthworm, swimming in a bony fish, flying in
a bird, walking in arthropods. ( ? )
Long & Slichter