Name
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Date
ij \ Concept Covered: Binomial Nomenclature
1.
2.
What is binomial nomenclature?
How is thelgtientific name determined?
Date
Concept Covered: Classification Comparison
Use the table below to answer the following questions.
Snake
Turtle
Tortoise 1
Tortoise 2
Alligator
Animalia
Animalia
Animalia
Animalia
Animalia
Chordata
Chordata
Chordata
Chordata
Chordata
Reptiiia
Reptiiia
Reptiiia
Reptiiia
Reptiiia
Squamata
Testudines
Testudines
Testudines
Crocodiiia
Viperidae
Cheloniidae
Testudinldae
Testudinldae
Alligatoridae
Crotalus
Chelonia
Chelonoidis
Aldabrachelys
Alligator
atrox
mydas
nigra
gigantea
oiseni
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3.
When are two organisms placed in the same species?
4.
Ail scientific names are written in what language?
5.
More recently scientists have added an additional level above
the kingdom level called a-J^^/ZVy-^^^j/^
2.
Which of the above organisms belong to the same class?
3.
Which of the above organisms belong to the same order?
4.
5.
Which two organisms are mpstdistantly related to one
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Which two organisms arei most cioseiyrelated?
6.
Which taxon includes the most specific characteristics?
7.
Which taxon includes the broadest characteristics?^^^^
8
Which taxon has more species, an order or a family?
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Name
Date
Name
Concept Covered: The Dichotomous Key
1.
2.
Concept Covered: Name That Kingdom!
What is a dichotomous classification key?
For each question below choose the kingdom that best matches
the statement. Choose your answers from the list of kingdoms
below. Use numbers for your answers.
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Below are pictures of 5 different arthropods. Carefully observe
each of the pictures. Make a dichotomous key that will classify
each one.
Crayfish
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Spider
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Grasshopper
Millipede
Centipede
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1. Animalia
2. Archaebacteria
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Sprder
3. Eubacteria
4. Fungi
5. Plantae
6. Protista
These organisms have cell walls composed of chitin.
Includes mosses, cone-bearing plants and the flowering
plants. 5r
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3. The "true" bacteria. ^
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4. This is the "catch-all" kingdom proposed by Haeckei. It
contains organisms that have characteristics of both plants
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and animals,
5. Includes cells that can survive in very harsh and extreme
conditions.
Contains mushrooms, puffballs, molds, and mildews.
Includes prokaryotes such as strep and staph.
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8. Includes worms, insects, and birds.
Which kingdoms contain prokaryotic organisms?
I ^ 10. These multiceiluiar heterotrophs have no ceil walls and no
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chloropiasts.
f4~. 11. This kingdom contains the most ancient and primitive of the
prokaryotes.
_12. All of these organisms are heterotrophs and most are
SL2.
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Date
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decampoeeK.
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I .A?) fas. List the kingdoms that contain organisms possessing
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eukaryotic cells.
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14, This kingdom contains the paramedum, eugiena and ameba
15. These organisms have cell wails of cellulose and always
contain chloropiasts.