Taxonomy Bluff
Bacteria
Viruses
Protists/
Fungi
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Taxonomy
Final Jeopardy
$100 Taxonomy
The scientific name for an Arctic Hare is
Lepus arcticus. In this example, what parts
of classification does the name give you?
$100 Answer Taxonomy
Genus and species
$200 Taxonomy
Fill in the blanks with the missing taxa:
Kingdom
Class
Family
Species
$200 Answer Taxonomy
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species
$300 Taxonomy
A classification scheme is shown below.
Classification
Examples
Kingdom – Animalia
Starfish, pot-bellied pig, dolphin,
dog, sparrow, donkey, zebra, horse
Phylum – Chordata
Dolphin, dog, sparrow, donkey,
zebra, horse
Genus – Equus
Donkey, zebra, horse
Specis – caballus
Horse
What two animals are most closely
related to the horse?
$300 Answer Taxonomy
Donkey and zebra
$400 Taxonomy
What is the scientific name for a horse?
Classification
Examples
Kingdom – Animalia
Starfish, pot-bellied pig, dolphin,
dog, sparrow, donkey, zebra, horse
Phylum – Chordata
Dolphin, dog, sparrow, donkey,
zebra, horse
Genus – Equus
Donkey, zebra, horse
Specis – caballus
Horse
$400 Answer Taxonomy
Equus cabalus
$500 Taxonomy
What are the 3 domains??
$500 Answer Taxonomy
Eukarya, Archeabacteria, Eubacteria
$100 Bacteria
How do bacteria reproduce?
$100 Answer Bacteria
Binary fission
$200 Bacteria
What kind of cells do all
bacteria have?
$200 Answer Bacteria
Prokaryotic
$300 Bacteria
Name the 3 layers surrounding a
bacterial cell, from innermost to
outermost.
$300 Answer Bacteria
1. Plasma/cell membrane
2. Cell wall
3. Capsule
$400 Bacteria
Draw and name the 3 bacterial shapes.
$400 Answer Bacteria
• Bacilli: rod shaped
– Bass-ill-eye
• Cocci: spherical
– Cox-eye
• Spirilla: spiral, corkscrew
– Spy-rill-uh
$500 Bacteria
What is a structure that bacterial cells use for
locomotion?
$500 Answer Bacteria
Flagellum
$100 Viruses
What is the protein layer surrounding a
virus called?
$100 Answer Viruses
The capsid
$200 Viruses
What genetic material do
retroviruses contain?
$200 Answer Viruses
RNA
$300 Viruses
HIV goes through what
viral life cycle?
$300 Answer Viruses
Lysogenic
$400 Viruses
What is the secondary/additional layer
surrounding some viruses?
$400 Answer Viruses
The viral
envelope
Envelope
(this virus is in
“stealth mode”)
$500 Viruses
Name 2 viruses that are sexually transmitted.
$500 Answer Viruses
1. HIV
2. Herpesvirus
3. Human papilomavirus (HPV)
$100 Protists/Fungi
How do fungus like protists get
nutrients?
$100 Answer Protists/Fungi
As decomposers
$200 Protists/Fungi
What is another name for animal like
protists?
$200 Answer Protists/Fungi
Protozoans
$300 Protists/Fungi
Which type of heterotrophic
organisms have cell walls made
of chitin?
$300 Answer Protists/Fungi
Fungi
$400 Protists/Fungi
Mycorrhizae and plants
represent which type of
symbiotic relationship?
$400 Answer Protists/Fungi
Mutualism
$500 Protists/Fungi
What is another name for plant-like
protists?
$500 Answer Protists/Fungi
Algae
$100 Wild Card
Who was the first taxonomist?
$100 Answer Wild Card
Artistotle
$200 Wild Card
Which level of classification was most
recently developed?
$200 Answer Wild Card
Domain
$300 Wild Card
From November-February this virus is
very common. There is a vaccine for this
virus.
$300 Answer Wild Card
Influenza
$400 Wild Card
A prokaryote whose cell walls contain
peptidoglycans belongs to which domain?
$400 Answer Wild Card
Eubacteria
$500 Wild Card
What is the name of Linnaeus’
two-word naming system?
$500 Answer Wild Card
Binomial nomenclature
Final Jeopardy
Make a dichotomous key on the hair of
members of your group.
Final Jeopardy Answer
0.60 red, 0.40 white