Classification
Test Review
~Mrs. Connor
eight classifications levels
Dear
King
Philip
Came
Over
For
Grape
Soda
Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Part One…
Genus
Part Two…
species
Written in Greek or Latin
perch
tree frog
giant toad
monitor lizard
Baltimore oriole
Dichotomous Key
1 a. Animals with 4 limbs………………………………….…Go to step 2
1b. Animals without limbs……………………………….…Perch
2a. Animals with moist skin………………………………... Go to step 3
2b. Animals with scaly, feathery or hairy skin……….Go to step 4)
3a. Body length not exceeding six centimeters…….Tree Frog
3b. Body length greater than nine centimeters……Giant Toad
4a. Skin feathery or hairy…………………………………….(Go to step 5)
4b. Entire skin is scaly………………………………………….Monitor Lizard)
5a. Much of skin covered by feathers…………………..Baltimore Oriole
5b. Skin mostly hairy……………………………………………Giant Panda
giant panda
Three Domains of Living Things
1. Archaea- primitive; live in extreme environments
Prokaryotic!
no nucleus
2. Eubacteria - more advanced forms of bacteria
can live everywhere
3. Eukaryota - everything else that is eukaryotic
(has a nucleus!)
(plants and animals, fungi and protists)
Kingdom Fungi
• What kingdom does bread mold belong in?
Fungi does not have
animal characteristics
Fungi does not perform
photosynthesis.
Absorbs its nutrients from surroundings
Kingdom Protista or Fungi
Question? Single-celled euykaryotes belong in
which kingdom?
Kingdom Protista
A paramecium is a single-celled eukaryote. Which
kingdom does it belong in?
Sometimes protista can be
multicellular
Kingdom Archae or
Eubacteria
A prokaryote can live in your
digestive system. What kingdom
does it belong in?
unicellular
Kingdom Plantae
All members of this kingdom are
multicellular producers…
Cladogram
Which animal is the closest relative to a bird?
Which animal is most distantly related to a bird?
Which animals have a bony skeleton?
crocodile
shark
Fish, amphibians, primates, rodents,
crocodiles, birds