Chapter 4 Taxonomy

REVIEW GAME!

INSTRUCTIONS

• WE WILL DIVIDE INTO GROUPS OF 4• EACH GROUP WILL TALK QUIETLY ABOUT EACH

QUESTION.• EACH GROUP WILL WRITE DOWN THEIR ANSWERS FOR

EACH QUESTION AND PASS IT FORWARD FOR ME TO CHECK

• GROUPS WILL RECEIVE 2 POINTS FOR EACH CORRECT ANSWER

• THE GROUP WITH THE MOST POINTS WILL WIN A TREAT FROM THE GRANARY TOMORROW!

•YOU MAY NOT USE YOUR BOOK OR NOTES!

SCALA NATURAE

•WHAT ARE THE FIVE CATEGORIES ON ARISTOTLE’S “LADDER OR LIFE” IN ORDER FROM HIGHEST TO LOWEST?

• MAMMALS• VERTEBRATES• INVERTEBRATES• PLANTS• NONLIVING THINGS

• CAROLUS LINNAEUS BEGAN TO GIVE ALL SPECIES A UNIQUE TWO-PART LATIN NAME TO HELP CLASSIFYING ORGANISMS. WHAT IS THIS SYSTEM CALLED?

• BINOMIAL NOMENCLATURE

•WHAT ARE THE SEVEN CLASSIFICATIONS OF LIVING THINGS?

• KINGDOM• PHYLUM• CLASS• ORDER• FAMILY• GENUS• SPECIES

•WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF SPECIES?

•A GROUP OF ORGANISMS THAT CAN MATE WITH ONE ANOTHER AND PRODUCE FERTILE OFFSPRING

• CONTAINS ORGANISMS THAT ARE USUALLY SINGLE-CELLED, HAVE A NUCLEUS BUT ARE NOT PLANTS, ANIMALS, OR FUNGI

• PROTISTA

•MANY-CELLED ORGANISMS THAT PRODUCE THEIR OWN FOOD THROUGH PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND REPRODUCE THROUGH SEEDS OR SPORES

•PLANTAE

• SINGLE-CELLED ORGANISMS THAT DO NOT HAVE A NUCLEUS. SOME CAN LIVE IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS AND THEY ARE OFTEN DECOMPOSERS

•BACTERIA

• NON-GREEN ORGANISMS THAT REPRODUCE FROM SPRES AND ABSORB THEIR FOOD. SOME ARE ALSO DECOMPOSERS

• FUNGI

• THIS KINGDOM CONTAINS ALL ANIMALS, BOTH VERTEBRATES AND INVERTEBRATES.

•ANIMALIA

• THIS PHYLUM HAS ONLY ONE SPECIES, THE GINGKO TREE. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE PHYLUM?

•GINGKOPHYTA

• PLANTS IN THIS PHYLUM ARE COMMONLY CALLED FERNS. THEY REPRODUCE WITH SPORES AND HAVE TISSUES THAT CONDUCTS WATER AND MINERALS. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THIS PHYLUM?

•FILICINOPHYTA

• PLANTS IN THESE TWO PHYLA LIKE TO GROW IN DAMP AREAS. THEY DO NOT HAVE ROOTS AND THEY REPRODUCE THROUGH SPORES.

• PLANTS IN THIS PHYLUM HAVE CONES AND ARE USUALLY EVERGREEN. THEY ALSO REPRODUCE THROUGH SEEDS. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THIS PHYLUM

•CONIFEROPHYTA

•THE PHYLUM ANGIOSPERMOPHYTA INCLUDES WHAT KIND OF PLANTS?

• THESE PLANTS ALL USE FLOWERS FOR REPRODUCTION.

•WHAT IS THE DEFINITION FOR A BOTANIST?

•AS SCIENTIST THAT STUDIES PLANTS

FOR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING GIVE A DESCRIPTION AND AN EXAMPLE

•PORIFERA

•COMMONLY CALLED SPONGES. MOST ARE MARINE, SOME LIVE IN FRESH WATER

•CNIDARIA

• THESE ANIMALS HAVE A CIRCULAR DESIGN WITH STINGING TENTACLES AROUND THEIR MOUTHS

•PLATYHELMINTHES

•COMMONLY CALLED FLATWORMS. PLANARIANS AND TAPEWORMS

•ROTIFERA

• THESE ARE MICROSCOPIC ANIMALS THAT ROTATE.

•MOLLUSCA

•ALL ANIMALS IN THIS PHYLUM HAVE SOFT BODIES. SOME HAVE A HARD PROTECTIVE SHELL. SLUGS, SNAILS, SQUID

•ANNELIDA

• MEMBERS OF THIS PHYLUM ARE COMMONLY CALLED THE SEGMENTED WORMS. EARTHWORMS, LEECHES

• ECHINODERMATA

• ALL ANIMALS IN THIS PHYLUM ARE MARINE. SAND DOLLARS, STARFISH.

•ARTHROPODA

•ALL HAVE SEGMENTED BODIES AND EXOSKELETONS. SPIDERS, INSECTS

•CHORDATA

•ALL HAVE A BACKBONE. LIONS TIGERS AND BEARS!

TELL THE CLASS THAT THE FOLLOWING ANIMALS BELONG TO

•SHARK

•PISCES

•FROG

•AMPHIBIA

•COBRA

•REPTILIA

•EAGLE

•AVES

•BAT

•MAMMAL

•A SCIENTIST THAT STUDIES ANIMALS

•ZOOLOGIST