CLASSIFICATION REVIEW
Use paper and pencil to answer the following. We did this in class
1. The branch of biology that groups and names organisms is called ________________.
2. Linnaeus’s system of classifying that includes grouping organisms in taxonomic levels and giving each a
TWO PART scientific name.
3. The scientific name for this animal is written:
A. Panthera Leo
B. panthera Leo
C. Panthera leo
D. Panthera leo
4. To which SPECIES do lions belong?
Image from:http://www.kidskonnect.com/Lions/lion.gif
5. This diagram that shows evolutionary relationships
is called a _______________.
6. The characteristics used to group organisms in this
diagram such as jaws, lungs, claws or nails, fur, and
feathers are called
____________________________.
Image from: http://facstaff.uww.edu/wentzl/cladogram_1.gif
7. The taxonomic level that is larger than kingdom is _____________.
8. Name the 7 taxonomic levels in Linnaeus’s hierarchy in order from largest to smallest.
9. An organism’s evolutionary history = ____________________
10. Which part of a scientific name is always capitalized?
11. This method of comparing the DNA sequences of
organisms to estimate how long ago they have been
separated is called a
___________________.
12. Which of the organisms in this diagram do you
think are the most closely related?
Image from: BIOLOGY by Miller and Levine; Prentice Hall Publishing; ©2006
13. Which of these original 5 kingdoms has been split
into 2 bacterial kingdoms?
14. Name the two kingdoms it has become.
Image from: http://analyzer.depaul.edu/astrobiology/kingdoms.jpg
15. Organisms are grouped into DOMAINS based on _____________________.
16. Which DOMAIN includes all the living things that have a nucleus in their cells?
17. Name the Kingdom that includes unicellular prokaryotes WITHOUT peptidoglycan in their cell walls that
live in extreme environments.
18. Name the Kingdom that includes organisms like mushrooms that have chitin in their cell walls.
19. To which KINGDOM do organisms like these belong?
Images from:
http://www.gifs.net
http://bestanimations.com
http://www.earlylearning.ubc.ca/links.htm
20. Archaebacteria that “like to live in HOT environments” are called ______________.
21. Name an organism that would be found in the DOMAIN EUKARYA and KINGDOM PLANTAE.
22. Name the 6 Kingdoms used by scientists today to classify organisms.
23. Which kingdom includes the most diverse group of organisms because it contains any eukaryotes that
don’t fit in the fungi, animal, and plant kingdoms?
24. Prokaryotes with peptidoglycan in their cell walls belong in the KINGDOM _____________.
25. Group of similar families in Linnaeus’s system.
26. Molecule found in the cell walls of PLANTS that make them different from eubacteria and fungi.
27. Name the Greek philosopher who first organized living things into TWO groups… plants and animals.
28.To which kingdom do these organisms belong?
29. Name the gene found on both humans and yeast that suggest these two organisms have a common
ancestor.
30. Organisms in the Archaebacteria kingdom belong in the ______________ domain.
31. USE THE DICHOTOMOUS KEY BELOW TO DETERMINE THE OFFICIAL
SCIENTIFIC NAME OF THIS ORGANISM.
32. To which GENUS does this organism belong?
(FYI: Koalas have opposable
thumbs!)
Image and Dichotomous Key from: http://www.students.ed.qut.edu.au/n2364379/MDB377/DichotomousKey.html
1a This organism has an exoskeleton - go to question 2
1b. This organism has an endoskeleton or no skeleton - go to question 3
2a. This organism has thin black body and a red sripe on it's abodomen - go to question 4a.
2b. This organism has a thick black body with large grey/brown abdomen - go to question 4b.
3a. Organism dwells on land - go to question 5
3b. Organism dwells in the ocean - go to question 6
4a. Organism is called Latrodectus hasselti
4b. Organism is called Atrax infensus
5a. Organism is totally covered in smooth scale-like skin - go to question 7
5b. Organism has a textured coat or covering - go to question 8
6a. Organism 8 thick legs or tentacles - go to question 9a.
6b. Has many string-like legs or tentacles - go to question 9b.
7a. Scale-like skin is patterned in horizontal stripes over the body - go to question 10a.
7b. Scale-like skin has one block colour over most of it's body - go to question 10b.
8a. Has fine fur-like covering - go to question 11
8b. Has feather-like covering over most of it's body
- go to question 12
9a. Organism is Hapalochlaena lunulata
9b. Organism is Chironex flecken
10a. Organism is Psuedonaja texilis
10b. Organism is Pseudechis porphyricus
11a. Has two opposing thumbs on the front paws - go to question 13a.
11b. Has no opposing thumb on the front paws - go to question 13b.
12a. Has large bone-like structure on a bald, blue-skinned head - got to question 14a.
12b. Has feather-like covering over head with no bone-like structure - go to question 14b.
13a. Organism is Phascolatarctos cinerus
13b. Organism is Vombatus ursinus
14a. Organism is Casuarius casuarius
14b. Organism is Dromaius novaebollandiae
Interpreting Graphics - Taxonomy
Answer true or false to the following statements.
1. ______ Dogs belong to the order Felidae.
2. ______ A fox belongs to the phylum Arthropoda.
3. ______ Snakes belong to the phylum Reptilia.
4. ______ Lions belong to the class mammalia
5. ______ All arthropods belong to the Class Insecta
6. ______ All rodents belong to the phylum chordata.
7. ______ All amphibians belong to the class reptilia.
8. _______ All primates are mammals.
9. _______ The class mammalia includes dogs, cats and rats.
10. ______ A lion belongs to the genus Felis.
11. ______ All mammals are primates.
12. ______ Insects and lobsters are arthropods.
In each set, circle the pair that is most closely related.
13. snakes & crocodiles | snakes & frogs
14. rats & cats | cats & dogs
15. insects & lobsters | insects & birds
16. lions & tigers | lions & cougars
17. foxes & rats | foxes & dogs
18. cats & dogs | cats & lions
17. List (use species name) all the animals pictured that belong in the Felidae family.
18. List all the animals pictured that belong to the Carnivora order.
(Image made using Inspiration software)