By the end of the topic, you will be able to

• Outline why scientists classify organisms.

• Describe the five kingdoms of living organisms.

• Distinguish between vertebrates and invertebrates.

• Describe how plants can be classified into six major groups.

• Use simple keys to classify unknown organisms or objects.

• Distinguish between ecosystems, communities and populations.

• Define the term habitat and describe the habitats of a range of organisms.

• Describe how an organism's adaptations help it to survive in its habitat.

• Describe the relationship between predators and their prey.

• Construct food chains to show feeding interactions within a community.

• Use food chains to construct food webs.

• Discuss the efficiency of energy transfer in food chains.

• Use ecological pyramids to describe producer and consumer relationships.

The global climate summit wrapping up in Glasgow is known as COP26, with COP standing for Conference of the Parties. In diplomatic parlance, “the parties” refers to the 197 nations that agreed to a new environmental pact, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, at a meeting in 1992.

• COP26 - Glasgow, the city of our times

• GLASGOW CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE – OCTOBER-NOVEMBER 2021

• What does COP26 stand for?