The variety of plants and animals found in a particular region is called its biodiversity.
Arranging living things by shared features is called classification — height, colour, or habitat can all be used.
Soft, green stem, branches near the ground. Example: tomato.
Hard, thin, woody stem, branches close to the ground. Example: rose.
Hard, thick, woody stem, branches high up. Example: mango.
Reticulate (net-like) venation, a taproot, and two seed cotyledons. Example: chickpea, mango.
Parallel venation, fibrous roots, and just one seed cotyledon. Example: maize, wheat.
Crawls on six legs
Walks and flies with legs and wings
Swims using streamlined fins
Walks on land using four legs
Lives on land — forests, deserts, mountains. Example: camel.
Lives in water — ponds, lakes, oceans. Example: sea turtle.
Lives both on land and in water. Example: frog.
Long legs, one hump, short hair — built to lose heat fast.
Shorter legs, two humps, long shaggy hair — built to keep heat in.
A major Indian conservation effort to protect tigers and their forest habitat.
Brought cheetahs back to Indian grasslands after local extinction.
Forest patches protected by communities for generations.
Variety of plants and animals in a region.
The place where an organism lives.
A feature that helps survival in a habitat.
One thick main root with side roots.
A bunch of thin, similar roots.
The pattern of veins in a leaf.
Plants with two / one seed cotyledon(s).
A community-protected forest patch.