what you need to know for the bio test

for those who did not go to the "class" with Mr Low, this is what we went through: (basicallY, or if you too lazy to read this refer to PSK and my qn and ans system which is on some other tab in the bloggg. but this is the more important stuff)

- dichotomous key

steps to construct:

• list characteristics
• do a flowchart (as a draft)
• do the dichotomous key

Unless u so pro can do the dichotomous key straight, above is the guideline on how to construct dichotomous keyyy

- 5 kingdoms

monera

protista

fungi (funny how this is the only kingdom which is not a spelling mistake)

plantae

animalia

- hierarchical taxonomy thing.

kingdom

phylum

class

order

family

genus

species

the weird aid: katy perry crossed ocean for good something

- binomial naming system

two name system

latin names

first name is genus

second name is species

purpose is to let the same name be used throughout and ppl wun be confused

italics when typing, underline when writing, because some ppl write is alr italics :D

- symbiosis

commensalism, mutualism, parasitism

rmb at least one example

adaptations

be able to know the diff characteristics for the diff kingdoms

give good examples according to that

eg, seahorse and horse

have gills and have lungs

ThREAts:

- water pollution

remember definition

- deforestation, urbanization, hunting

remember impacts (3 points each)

easier way to memorise, find similar points so that can ans for all qns.

reading graphs

- find differences in percentage for the kind in ur notes abt increasing urbanization

- what else can you infer from the graph?

- remember to read the y axis properly, take note of numbers and stuff :D

thats all that we went through. basically the topics/sub-topics that we will be tested on. dunno whether is accurate a not, TOO HUNGRY to remember everything he said