Download CHAPTER 18 KNOWLEDGE SHEET “The Classification of Living

CHAPTER 18 KNOWLEDGE SHEET “The Classification of Living Things”
*Important Vocabulary: (25 terms)
Taxonomy
taxon
Binomial nomenclature
evolutionary classification
Domain
derived character
Kingdom
cladogram
Phylum
molecular clock
Class
Bacteria
Order
Eukarya
Family
Archaea
Genus
6 Kingdoms: Archaebacteria
Species
Eubacteria
Dichotomous keys
Protista
Fungi
Plantae
Animalia
*Important Scientists: Carolus Linnaeus/Aristotle (again !)
*Important Questions:
1. How are living things organized for study? Pg.447
2. Describe the system for naming species that Linnaeus developed. Pg.448
3. Sequence the seven taxonomic categories from smallest to largest. Pg.449
4. How is information about evolutionary relationships useful in classification?
Pg.452
5. How are genes used to help scientists classify organism? (DNA)pg.454
6. What is the principle behind cladistic analysis?pg.453
7. How have new discoveries in molecular biology affected the way in which we
classify organisms compared with the system used by Linnaeus?pp.454-455
8. What are the 6 Kingdoms of Life (not 7 levels of taxons) as they are now
identified?pg.459
9. What are the 3 domains of life?pg.459
10. Why was the kingdom Monera divided into 2 separate kingdoms?pg.458
11. Why might the kingdom Protista be thought of as the “odds and ends”
kingdom?pg.460
12. Which kingdoms include only prokaryotes? Eukaryotes?pg.459
13. What characteristics differentiate between fungi and plantae?pg.459
14. In which domain are organism from the most extreme environments
placed?pg.459
15. What do scientists conclude about the presence of myosin in both humans
and yeast?pg.454
16. What is the purpose of a dichotomous key?pg.462
*Labs/Activities: Kingdoms foldable, Classification Computer Activity,
Cladograms, Dichotomous Key