Ecology - GCSE Biology (Combined)

How have modern technologies have affected how organisms are classified?

Microscopes allowed cells to be examined in more detail, organelles within the individual cells could be distinguished and this allowed a more scientific approach

What does the P stand for in KPCOFGS?

Phylum

Why is the binomial system of naming organisms important?

It allows scientists to accurately identify individual species - and it’s universal

What are Archea?

Primitive bacteria

What are Bacteria? (Carl Woese’s domains)

True bacteria

What are Eukaryota? (Carl Woese’s domains)

Protists, fungi, plants and animals

Who developed the three-domain system?

Carl Woese

What is an ecosystem?

The interaction of living organisms with the abiotic parts of their environment

What is a community?

A group of interdependent living organisms in an ecosystem

What is competition?

The process by which living organisms compete against one another for limited resources

What is a habitat?

The place where an organism lives