1) Define the following terms:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
f.
g.
Classification –Organizing living things into groups based on similarities
Taxonomy-Identification, classification and naming of living things
Dichotomous Key – A chart used to identify unknown organisms
Species – A group of organisms that can mate and produce fertile offspring
Producer – An organism that gets energy by making its own food
Consumer – An organism that gets energy by eating other organisms
Decomposer – An organism that gets energy by breaking down dead organisms
2) List the order of classification from the broadest to the most specific groups
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
3) Identify who founded the system of classification
Carolus Linnaeus
4) Explain how organisms are given their scientific names:
Genus species
5) Identify similar and different species based on their classification –
Organism 1
Organism 2
Organism 3
Organism 4
Organism 5
Kingdom
Animalia
Animalia
Animalia
Animalia
Plantae
Phylum
Chordata
Chordata
Chordata
Arthropoda
Anthophyta
Class
Mammalia
Mammalia
Mammalia
Insecta
Dicotyledones
Order
Carnivora
Carnivora
Primates
Diptera
Fagales
Family
Canidae
Canidae
Hominidae
Culicidae
Fagaceae
Genus
Canis
Canis
Homo
Culex
Quercus
Species
familiaris
lupus
sapiens
pipiens
rubra
6) From this table, which organisms are the most similar? Why?
Organisms 1 and 2 because they are classified the same down to the genus level
7) List the scientific names of organisms that are most similar:
Canis familiaris and Canis lupus
8) Read the dichotomous key, write the name for each monster under each monster.
Wacky People Key
1a Two feet
2
1b Some other number of feet
3
2a Does not look at all human
4
2b Looks a lot like a human
5
3a One leg
6
3b Three or four legs
7
4a Fly-like
Mosk Cara
4b Not fly-like
8
5a Seems to be a girl
Rita Nita
5b Not a girl
9
6a Leg is curled , two feet
Ru-ela.Brella
6b Leg is straight, one foot
Giggles
7a Three legs
10
7b Four legs
11
8a Has webbed feet
Hex Oculate
8b Clawed feet
12
9a Curly hair, no toes
Lugio Wirum
Patterned mulywumpus
Eggur Ondy
Tri D. Duckt
Elle E. Funk
9b Wiggly looking mouth, three toes on feet C. Nile
Elle E. Funk
10b Some other appearance
13
11a Has duck bill, two pinchers
Tri D. Duckt
11b No arms or pinchers
14
C. Nile
Cue Kide
Tunia petalos
10a Very long nose, open mouth
Lugio Wirum
Rita Nita
Grif Leon
Mosk Cara
12a Has ears, tail, and beak
Grif Leon
12b Four eyes on stalks
Eggur Ondy
13a One eye, webbed feet
Cue Kide
13b Four stalked eyes, four pinchers
Quadrumenox
14a Three toed feet, nose like a flower
Tunia petalos
14b Spider-like, has spots
Patterned mulywumpus
Ru-ela Brella
Hex Oculate
Quadrumenox
Giggles
9) What are 4 distinguishing characteristics of the Kingdom Animalia?
Eukaryotic
No cell wall
Multi-cellular
Consumer
Can move
Reproduces sexually
10) What are 4 distinguishing characteristics of the Kingdom Plantae?
Eukaryotic
Has a cell wall
Multi-cellular
Producer
Can’t move
Reproduces sexually
11) What are 4 distinguishing characteristics of the Kingdom Protista?
Eukaryotic
Some have a cell wall, some don’t
Some are Multi-cellular, some uni-cellular
Some are Producers, some consumers
Some Can’t move, some can move
Some Reproduce sexually, some asexually
All must live in water
12) What are 4 distinguishing characteristics of the Kingdom Fungi?
Eukaryotic
Has a cell wall
Multi-cellular
Decomposer (cannot make own food)
Can’t move
Some reproduce sexually, some asexually
13) What are 4 distinguishing characteristics of the Kingdom Eubacteria?
Prokaryotic
Has a cell wall
Uni-cellular
Decomposer (cannot make own food)
Some can move, some Can’t move
Reproduce asexually
Live in normal environments
14) What are 4 distinguishing characteristics of the Kingdom Archaebacteria?
Prokaryotic
Has a cell wall
Uni-cellular
Decomposer (cannot make own food)
Some can move, some Can’t move
Reproduce asexually
Live in extreme environments
15) Compare and contrast the characteristics of archaebacteria and eubacteria.
Eubacteria
Lives in normal
environments
Archaebacteria
Prokaryotic
Has a cell wall
Uni-cellular
Decomposer
Some can move
asexual
Lives in extreme
environments
16) What kingdoms contain producers?
Protista, Plantae
17) Why is the protist kingdom said to be “diverse”?
Protists have many different characteristics, including different number of cells, different ways of obtaining
food, different ways of reproducing, different abilities to move.
18) How are fungi different from plants?
Fungi cannot make their own food (cannot perform photosynthesis)
19) What do all organisms in the animal kingdom have in common?
They are eukaryotic, do not have a cell wall, are multi-cellular, and must consume other organisms.
Bonus:
Create a dichotomous key to sort the following organisms:
Answers may vary, but must have the
following:
Must go from broad to more specific
Each step must have only 2
categories
Categories may not be overlapping
(must be mutually exclusive)