Name:_____________________________
Period:____________________________
Date:______________________________
Classification of Organisms and Dichotomous Keys Review
Common Name
Scientific Name
Common
Name
1. dog
8. canary
2. shark
9. oyster
3. rose
10. mosquito
4. skunk
11. mushroom
5. turkey
12. cow
6. dolphin
13. pine tree
7. eagle
14. ivy
Scientific Name
Find and match the scientific names of the organisms’ common names using the key:
1.
animal
not an animal
go to 2
go to 11
2.
has wings
no wings
go to 3
go to 6
3.
has feathers
no feathers
go to 4
Ochloerotatus taeniorhynchus
4.
flies high
does not fly high
go to 5
Meleagris gallopavo
5.
often yellow
not yellow
Serinus canaria
Haliaeetus leucocephalus
6.
lives in water
lives on land
go to 9
go to 7
7.
has fluffy fur
no fluffy fur
go to 8
Bos taurus
8.
common pet
not a common pet
Canis familiaris
Mephitis mephitis
9.
has fins
no fins
go to 10
Haematopus ostralegus
10.
razor sharp teeth
pegged, pointy teeth
Carcharodon carcharias
Tursiops truncates
11.
green
not green
go to 12
go to 13
12.
grows tall
does not grow tall
Pinus ponderosa
Rhus toxicodendron
13.
can be poisonous
not poisonous
Boletus edulis
Rosa sylvestris
15. What is the genus name for turkey? _____________________________________
16. What is the species name for dog? ______________________________________
17. What is the genus name for rose? ______________________________________
18. What is the species name for mosquito? __________________________________
Use the key to label the birds and write the question path you used.
1. Bird has talons (sharp claws)
Bird doesn’t have talons
2. Have ear tufts
No ear tufts
3. Featherless head
Feathers on head
4. Bar-like marks on chest
No bar-like marks on chest
5. Has a long pointed beak
No long pointed beak
6. Has a straight beak
No straight beak
7. Has webbed feet
No webbed feet
8. Has a throat pouch
No throat pouch
9. Has a short, rounded beak
No short, rounded beak
Go to 2
Go to 5
Screech Owl
Go to 3
Vulture
Go to 4
Barred Owl
Go to 1
Go to 6
Go to 7
Hummingbird
Go to 7
Go to 8
Go to 5
Pelican
Go to 9
Duck
Go to 1
19. The Father of Taxonomy or Classification is __________________________.
20. Carolus Linneaus:
● ______________________________________________________
● ______________________________________________________
● ______________________________________________________
21. The saying to help remember the levels of classification is: ___________________
______________________________________________________________.
22. The order of the levels of classification is: ________________________________
_______________________________________________________________.
23. The _________________ level of organization includes only one type of organism.
24. The smaller the level of organization the ________________ closely organisms are
related to one another.
25. A dichotomous key is used by scientists to_______________________________.
26. Dichotomous keys always give ___________ options to help identify an organism.
27. ______________ was the name of the ancient Greek scientist that was the first to classify
living organisms.
Key Terms
28.
The science of classifying
Kingdom
29.
30.
the genus and species name of an organism;
for example, Aplondonita Rufa, mountain
beaver.
Abdomen
31.
Species
32.
33.
division of organism classification below
family and above species.
34.
division of organism classification below class
and above family, as in Carnivora, mammals
that feed on other mammals.
Family
35.
Domain
36.
Answer Key
1. Canis Familiaris
2. Carcharodon carcharias
3. Rosa sylvestris
4. Mephitis mephitis
5. Meleagris gallopavo
6. Tursiops truncates
7. Haliaeetus leucocephalus
8. serinus canaria
9. Haematopus ostralegus
10. Ochloerotatus taeniorhynchus
11. Boletus edulis
12. Bos taurus
13. Pinus ponderosa
14. Rhus toxicodendron
15. Meleagris
16. familiaris
17. Rosa
18. taeniorhynchus
Birds
A) Barred Owl (1,2,3,4)
B) Pelican (1,5,6,7,8)
C) Hummingbird (1,5,6,7,8)
D) Vulture (1,5,6)
E) Screech Owl (1,2)
F) Duck (1,5,7,8,9)
19. Carolus Linneaus
20. Latinized name, Father of Taxonomy, created classification system based on similarities in
structure
21. Dear King Philip Came Over For Good Spaghetti
22. Domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
23. species
24. MORE
25. Identify organisms
26. Two
27. Aristotle
28. Taxonomy
29. second largest grouping of an organism classification, below domain and above phylum.
30. Scientific name
31. the back end of the insect that contains the internal organs
32. A group of similar organisms,whose members can mate with one another and produce fertile
offspring.
33. Genus
34. Order
35. division of organism classification below order and above genus.
36. the largest division of organism classification; above kingdom