Learning Target #3
Who is known as the “Father of Taxonomy”?
Learning Target #3
Linnaeus is known as the “Father of Taxonomy”
Learning Target #4
What is the term to describe the two word naming system developed by Linnaeus?
Learning Target #4
Binomial Nomenclature
Learning Target #4
What two taxa make up an organism’s scientific name?
Learning Target #4
Genus and species
Learning Target #4
In the scientific name: Homo sapiens, Homo represents the organism’s __________, sapiens represents the organism’s ___________.
Learning Target #4
What are the rules for correctly writing an organism’s scientific name? (list 3)
Learning Target #4
1) Will be in italics or underlined
2) First word (genus) is capitalized
3) Second word (species) is lower case
Learning Target #6
List the 8 taxa from most inclusive to most exclusive
Learning Target #6
Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Learning Target #5
How can one tell if two organisms are closely related?
Learning Target #5
They will belong to the same genus
Learning Target #1
The science of classification is know as:
Learning Target #1
Taxonomy
Learning Target #6
Members of this taxon can mate and produce fertile offspring.
Learning Target #6
Species
Learning Target #7
The following organisms belong to which kingdom:
Mushrooms, mold, yeast
Learning Target #7
Kingdom Fungi
Learning Target #7
The following organisms belong to which kingdom:
Trees, flowering plants, moss, grass
Learning Target #7
Kingdom Plantae
Learning Target #7
The following organisms belong to which kingdom:
Euglena, Paramecium, Amoeba, Algae
Learning Target #7
Kingdom Protista
Learning Target #7
The following organisms belong to which kingdom:
E. coli, streptococcus
Learning Target #7
Kingdom Eubacteria
Learning Target #7
The following organisms belong to which kingdom:
Fish, birds, sponges, humans, dogs, cats
Learning Target #7
Kingdom Animalia
Learning Target #7
What is the mode of nutrition for Kingdom Fungi?
Learning Target #7
Absorptive Heterotroph
Learning Target #8
Which defining characteristic separates Kingdom Archeabacteria and Eubacteria from all the other kingdoms?
Learning Target #8
Both Kingdoms are prokaryotic
Learning Target #8
How are Kingdom Plantae and Kingdom Protista different?
Learning Target #8
Plantae are multicellular and all autotrophic
Protista are mostly unicellular and can be both autotrophic and heterotrophic
Learning Target #8
How do Kingdom Eubacteria and Kingdom Archaebacteria differ?
Learning Target #8
Archaebacteria: live in extreme environments & cell walls lack peptidoglycan
Eubacteria: cell walls have peptidoglycan
Learning Target #7
List the characteristics of the Kingdom Fungi.
Learning Target #7
Eukaryotic
Mostly multicellular
Cell wall made of chitin
Absorptive hetertrophic
Learning Target #8
How does Kingdom Animalia differ from all other kingdoms?
Learning Target #8
Lack cell wall – only kingdom without a cell wall
Learning Target #7
List the 3 Domain and name the kingdoms which are found wihtin each domain.
Learning Target #7
Archaea– Archaebacteria
Bacteria– Eubacteria
Eukarya– Animalia– Plantae– Protista– Fungi