NAME: _________________________________________________BLOCK______DATE______
1) Make sure you understand how to use a dichotomous key (p58-59)
2) Define the following terms:
Classification –
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Taxonomy______________________________________________________________________________________________
Species______________________________________________________________________________________________
Producer –
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3) List the order of classification from the broadest to the most specific groups
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4) Identify who founded the system of classification _________________________________
5) Explain how organisms are given their scientific names:
6) Identify similar and different species based on their classification –
Organism 1
Organism 2
Organism 3
Organism 4
Organism 5
Domain
Eukarya
Eukarya
Eukarya
Eukarya
Eukarya
Kingdom
Animalia
Animalia
Animalia
Chromalveolata
(Protista)
Plantae
Phylum
Chordata
Chordata
Chordata
Heterokontophyta
Anthophyta
Class
Mammalia
Mammalia
Mammalia
Phaeophyceae
Dicotyledones
Order
Carnivora
Carnivora
Primates
Laminariales
Fagales
Family
Canidae
Canidae
Hominidae
Laminariaceae
Fagaceae
Genus
Canis
Canis
Homo
Macrocystis
Quercus
Species
familiaris
lupus
sapiens
pyrifera
rubra
I.
From this table, which organisms are the most closely related to each other? Why?
II.
List the scientific names of the 2 organisms that are most similar:
III.
Write the abbreviated scientific names of the 2 organisms that are most different:
DOMAIN
Kingdom
Animalia
Plantae
Protista
Fungi
Eubacteria
Archaebacteria
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7) How are archaebacteria and eubacteria similar?
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8) How are archaebacteria and eubacteria different?
a.
b.
9) What kingdoms contain producers? ____________________________
10) Why is the protist kingdom said to be “diverse”?
11) How are fungi different from plants?
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b.
12) What do all organisms in the animal kingdom have in common?
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b.
13) List the three domains and the characteristics of each: