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Chapter 7 Links:
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| Characteristics of Life Sites |
| Classification/Kingdom Sites |
| Cell Sites |
| Classification/Identification/Dichotomous Keys |
| Diversity of Life - index to many good sites. |
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Astrobiology - characteristic of life terms explained with corresponding
photos and hotlinks. |
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Characteristics of Life - interactive quiz along with information
between questions. |
| Characteristics of Life - games - matching, flashcards, wordsearch. |
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Characteristics of Life - interactive quiz. |
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Living vs. Non-Living Quiz - identify a photo as living or nonliving -
well done. |
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Characteristics of Life - terms explained with corresponding photos and
hotlinks. |
 5/13/04: |
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Characteristics of Living Things - This is power point presentation
detailing each characteristic. Great information with correlating pictures. |
| Classification/Kingdom Sites: |
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Natural Perspective
- I just love this site! Beautiful images, nice layout, and interesting,
plain-language explanations of higher-level eukaryotic taxa. The only
drawback is that there is little or no information available for a few taxa-
- I hope they keep adding to this excellent site - includes different
kingdoms. |
| CLASSIFICATION OF LIVING THINGS: "Tutorials" An Introduction to the Principles of Taxonomy with a Focus on Human Classification Categories. |
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Life
in a drop of pond water. |
| Classification of Kingdoms and Taxonomy - an overview - text information. |
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The Six
Kingdoms of Life - text info with labeled graphics. |
| Unlocking the mysteries of the kingdoms. |
| Scientific classification- explains in easy to understand terms the classification of the Blue Whale. |
| Classification of Matter and Taxonomy - links to individual great sites. |
| Classification and Nomenclature - outline format. |
| Naming a Fungi - using the binomenclature system - includes hotlinks. |
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Classification/Taxonomy OnLine Quiz. |
| 5/12/04: |
| Classifying Life -In this feature, you'll step into the shoes of a taxonomist and classify three forms of life: a plant, an animal, and a... -- well, you'll need to figure that one out for yourself. |
| Classifying
Key - Welcome to the Sir Robert Hitcham's Living World Keying pages.
This will help you to identify any group of plants or animals by answering
the yes or no questions below. |
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The Missing Link - This interactive feature shows how random mutations
can lead to species-wide change. The "world" presented in this feature is
abstract -- colored creatures placed within a colored environment. In a
sense, these creatures are alive. They are born, they produce offspring
(some with mutations), and they die off. |
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A touch of class - In this lesson, you will play an online activity that
challenges your knowledge of different plant and animal traits. |
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Six Kingdoms - BrainPop reviews the six kingdoms; interactive,
animation, quizzes and more. -
Remember, if you are not a registered user you get limited number of movies
per day - but worth the inconvenience. |
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Six Kingdoms Advanced - BrainPop reviews the six kingdoms and delves
into the classifying system; interactive, animation, quizzes and more. -
Remember, if you are not a registered user you get limited number of movies
per day - but worth the inconvenience.. |
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Cells - The
Fundamentals of Life - text info with labeled graphics. |
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 Classification/Identfication/Dichotomous Keys: |
| Leaf tree idea - dichotomous key for a limited number of species or start by comparing coniferous vs. deciduous and then key it out. |
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Enature Online field guide and much more
- this is a searchable nature and
wildlife database with information and photographs
on birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians, fishes, butterflies, insects ... |