TAXONOMY and CLASSIFICATION TEST REVIEW

TAXONOMY and CLASSIFICATION TEST REVIEW
DEFINE THE FOLLOWING TERMS:
TAXONOMY – the science of classifying and naming organisms
SPECIES – a group of organisms so similar to one another that they can breed and produce fertile offspring.
WHAT TWO LEVELS OF TAXA MAKE UP AN ORGANISMS SCIENTIFIC NAME? Genus and species
CIRCLE THE FOLLOWING SCIENTIFIC NAMES THAT ARE WRITTEN CORRECTLY; CORRECT THOSE THAT ARE WRITTEN
INCORRECTLY. THEN DRAW A LINE CONNECTING THE PAIRS THAT ARE MOST CLOSELY RELATED TO ONE ANOTHER.
Canis Lupus
Canis familiaris
Ursus maritimus
panthera Leo
Ursus arctos
panthera tigris
USE THE FOLLOWING TERMS TO FILL IN THE MISSING BOXES: AUTOTROPHIC, CELL WALL W/CHITIN, CELL WALL W/OUT
PEPTIDOGLYCAN, CELL WALL W/PEPTIDOGLYCAN, HETEROTROPHIC, MULTICELLULAR, NO CELL WALL, PROKARYOTIC
WHICH KINGDOM(S) INCLUDE ORGANISMS WITH CELLS THAT DO NOT HAVE A NUCLEUS?
Archaebacteria and eubacteria
WHAT KINGDOM(S) HAVE ORGANISMS WITH THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS: EUKARYOTIC WITH CELL WALLS
MADE OF CHITIN? ARE THESE ORGANISMS AUTOTROPHIC OR HETEROTROPHIC?
Fungi; heterotrophic
WHAT KINGDOM(S) HAVE ORGANISMS WITH THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS: UNICELLULAR, WITH A NUCLEUS,
AND USES SUNLIGHT TO MAKE ENERGY? IF THIS ORGANISM HAS A CELL WALL WHAT COMPONENT DOES IT CONTAIN?
Protista; cellulose
WHAT KINGDOM(S) HAVE ORGANISMS WITH THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS: NO CELL WALL AND
MULTICELLULAR? DO THESE ORGANISMS HAVE CELLS WITH OR WITHOUT A NUCLEUS?
Animalia; with nucleus
WHAT KINGDOM(S) HAVE ORGANISMS WITH THE FOLLOWING CHARACTERISTICS: MULTICELLULAR, HETEROTROPHIC,
WITH A CELL WALL? ARE THESE ORGANISMS PROKARYOTES OR EUKARYOTES?
Fungi (Protista); eukaryotes
USE THE FOLLOWING DIAGRAM TO ANSWER THE QUESTIONSBELOW. ACCORDING TO THE CHART . . .
WHAT FAMILY IS MOST CLOSELY RELATED TO THE FAMILY CANIDAE?
Family Ursidae
WHAT IS THE SCIENTIFIC NAME OF THE ORGANISM THAT IS DOMESTICATED WITH RETRACTABLE CLAWS AND
IS LAND DWELLING? DOES THE ORGANISM USE SCENT GLANDS FOR DEFENSE OR NOT FOR DEFENSE?
Felis catus; Not used for defense
WHAT IS THE ABOVE ORGANISM’S CLOSEST RELATIVE ON THIS DIAGRAM (USE SCIENTIFIC NAME)?
Panthera leo
WHAT ARE 2 CHARACTERISITICS DO MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY ODOBENIDAE HAVE?
Aquatic and have tusks
WHAT IS ONE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY CANIDAE AND THE FAMILY URSIDAE?
Canidae does not hibernate, Ursidae does hibernate
SHORT ANSWERS.
CIRCLE THE 2 FACTORS THAT GO INTO DETERMINING THE CLASSIFICATIONS OF ORGANISMS?
COLOR SIMILARITIES PHYSICAL SIMILARITIES
SMELL SIMILARITIES
DATE DISCOVERED SIMILARITIES
GENETIC SIMILARITIES
TASTE SIMILARITIES
SIZE SIMILARITIES
WHY DO SCIENTIST USE SCIENTIFIC NAMES INSTEAD OF COMMON NAMES WHEN NAMING ORGANISMS?
Consistency and clarity
HOW DOES CLASSIFYING LIVING THINGS MAKE ORGANISMS EASIER TO STUDY?
Provide organization, explains phylogenetic relationships, unifies the classification of organisms.