Spongebob Taxonomy Assignment
Outcomes:
114-8 describe the usefulness of scientific nomenclature systems in organizing the study of the tremendous
biodiversity of life in the ocean
214-1 describe and apply classification systems and nomenclatures to organisms in the marine biome
1. Create a graphic organizer in a web or tree style that shows the Animal Kingdom in the
Marine Biome. Branch it off the include the phyla, sub-phyla and classes we discussed in
class.
2. Match the names of the Spongebob characters with each picture. Write the name on the
picture.
3. Cut out the pictures and place them in the correct class or other group on your graphic
organizer.
SpongeBob SquarePants
Mr. Krabs
"Gary" Snail.
Patrick Star
"Sandy" Cheeks
Mrs. Puff
Squidward Q. Tentacles
Sheldon Plankton
Pearl Krabs
ANSWER ON THE BACK OF YOUR SHEET:
4. Which phylum is represented most often by the characters in Spongebob?
5. Which phyla are not represented by the characters in Spongebob?
6. Why do we use Latin as the language of taxonomy?
7. Ailochoria crassa and Aplysina fistularis are both known as tube sponges in
Belize.
a) What genus and species is the first organism in? The second?
b) Are these sponges in the same species? Genus? Family? Order? Class? Phylum? Kingdom?
c) What are the limitations to a scientific name?
d) What are the advantages of a scientific name?