Chapter 4 Taxonomy
REVIEW GAME!
INSTRUCTIONS
• WE WILL DIVIDE INTO GROUPS OF 4
• EACH GROUP WILL TALK QUIETLY ABOUT EACH
QUESTION.
• EACH GROUP WILL WRITE DOWN THEIR
ANSWERS FOR EACH QUESTION AND PASS IT
FORWARD FOR ME TO CHECK
• GROUPS WILL RECEIVE 2 POINTS FOR EACH
CORRECT ANSWER
• THE GROUP WITH THE MOST POINTS WILL WIN A
TREAT FROM THE GRANARY TOMORROW!
•YOU MAY NOT USE
YOUR BOOK OR NOTES!
SCALA NATURAE
• WHAT ARE THE FIVE
CATEGORIES ON
ARISTOTLE’S “LADDER OR
LIFE” IN ORDER FROM
HIGHEST TO LOWEST?
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MAMMALS
VERTEBRATES
INVERTEBRATES
PLANTS
NONLIVING THINGS
• CAROLUS LINNAEUS BEGAN TO
GIVE ALL SPECIES A UNIQUE
TWO-PART LATIN NAME TO
HELP CLASSIFYING
ORGANISMS. WHAT IS THIS
SYSTEM CALLED?
• BINOMIAL NOMENCLATURE
•WHAT ARE THE SEVEN
CLASSIFICATIONS OF
LIVING THINGS?
• KINGDOM
• PHYLUM
• CLASS
• ORDER
• FAMILY
• GENUS
• SPECIES
• WHAT IS THE DEFINITION
OF SPECIES?
• A GROUP OF ORGANISMS
THAT CAN MATE WITH ONE
ANOTHER AND PRODUCE
FERTILE OFFSPRING
• CONTAINS ORGANISMS THAT
ARE USUALLY SINGLE-CELLED,
HAVE A NUCLEUS BUT ARE
NOT PLANTS, ANIMALS, OR
FUNGI
• PROTISTA
• MANY-CELLED ORGANISMS
THAT PRODUCE THEIR OWN
FOOD THROUGH
PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND
REPRODUCE THROUGH SEEDS
OR SPORES
•PLANTAE
• SINGLE-CELLED ORGANISMS
THAT DO NOT HAVE A
NUCLEUS. SOME CAN LIVE IN
EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS
AND THEY ARE OFTEN
DECOMPOSERS
• BACTERIA
• NON-GREEN ORGANISMS
THAT REPRODUCE FROM
SPRES AND ABSORB THEIR
FOOD. SOME ARE ALSO
DECOMPOSERS
• FUNGI
• THIS KINGDOM CONTAINS
ALL ANIMALS, BOTH
VERTEBRATES AND
INVERTEBRATES.
•ANIMALIA
• THIS PHYLUM HAS ONLY
ONE SPECIES, THE GINGKO
TREE. WHAT IS THE NAME
OF THE PHYLUM?
•GINGKOPHYTA
• PLANTS IN THIS PHYLUM ARE
COMMONLY CALLED FERNS.
THEY REPRODUCE WITH
SPORES AND HAVE TISSUES
THAT CONDUCTS WATER AND
MINERALS. WHAT IS THE
NAME OF THIS PHYLUM?
•FILICINOPHYTA
• PLANTS IN THESE TWO PHYLA
LIKE TO GROW IN DAMP
AREAS. THEY DO NOT HAVE
ROOTS AND THEY REPRODUCE
THROUGH SPORES.
• PLANTS IN THIS PHYLUM HAVE
CONES AND ARE USUALLY
EVERGREEN. THEY ALSO
REPRODUCE THROUGH SEEDS.
WHAT IS THE NAME OF THIS
PHYLUM
• CONIFEROPHYTA
•THE PHYLUM
ANGIOSPERMOPHYTA
INCLUDES WHAT KIND
OF PLANTS?
• THESE PLANTS ALL USE
FLOWERS FOR
REPRODUCTION.
• WHAT IS THE DEFINITION
FOR A BOTANIST?
•AS SCIENTIST THAT
STUDIES PLANTS
FOR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING GIVE A
DESCRIPTION AND AN EXAMPLE
•PORIFERA
• COMMONLY CALLED
SPONGES. MOST ARE
MARINE, SOME LIVE IN
FRESH WATER
•CNIDARIA
• THESE ANIMALS HAVE A
CIRCULAR DESIGN WITH
STINGING TENTACLES AROUND
THEIR MOUTHS
•PLATYHELMINTHES
•COMMONLY CALLED
FLATWORMS.
PLANARIANS AND
TAPEWORMS
•ROTIFERA
• THESE ARE MICROSCOPIC
ANIMALS THAT ROTATE.
•MOLLUSCA
• ALL ANIMALS IN THIS
PHYLUM HAVE SOFT
BODIES. SOME HAVE A
HARD PROTECTIVE SHELL.
SLUGS, SNAILS, SQUID
• ANNELIDA
• MEMBERS OF THIS PHYLUM ARE
COMMONLY CALLED THE
SEGMENTED WORMS.
EARTHWORMS, LEECHES
• ECHINODERMATA
• ALL ANIMALS IN THIS PHYLUM
ARE MARINE. SAND DOLLARS,
STARFISH.
• ARTHROPODA
• ALL HAVE SEGMENTED
BODIES AND
EXOSKELETONS. SPIDERS,
INSECTS
• CHORDATA
• ALL HAVE A BACKBONE.
LIONS TIGERS AND BEARS!
TELL THE CLASS THAT THE
FOLLOWING ANIMALS BELONG TO
•SHARK
•PISCES
•FROG
•AMPHIBIA
•COBRA
•REPTILIA
•EAGLE
•AVES
•BAT
•MAMMAL
•A SCIENTIST THAT
STUDIES ANIMALS
•ZOOLOGIST