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LTA: Chapter 17 Organizing Life’s Diversity
Name ___________________________
Key Terms: Write and define
1.classification
2.taxonomy
3.binomial nomenclature
4. taxon
5.genus
5.family
7.order
8.class
9.phylum
10.division
11.kingdom
12.domain
13.phylogeny
14.character
15.molecular clock
16. cladistics
17. cladogram
18.eubacteria
19.Archaea
20.protist
21.fungus
Questions: Answer the following in a complete sentence
1. Explain why it is important to have a biological classification system.
2. Describe how a scientific name is written correctly using binomial nomenclature.
3. Compare and contrast how modern classification systems differ from those used by Aristotle and Linnaeus..
4. Classify a giant panda, Ailuropoda melanoleuca, from domain to species level by referring to Figure 17.4.
5. Describe how the changing “species concept” has affected classification systems.
6. List and describe the different concepts of a species.
7. Describe some methods used to determine phylogeny.
8. Organize the following derived characters on a cladogram in order of ascending complexity: multicellular,
hair, backbone, unicellular and four appendages.
9. State the names of the three domains and list the kingdoms in each domain.
10. Compare and contrast the characteristics of the three domains.
11. Explain the difference between Kingdoms Protista and Fungi based on substances in their cell walls.
12. Classify to the kingdom level an organism that has organ systems, lacks cell walls and ingests food
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LTA: Chapter 17 Organizing Life’s Diversity
Name ___________________________
Key Terms: Write and define
1.classification
2.taxonomy
3.binomial nomenclature
4. taxon
5.genus
5.family
7.order
8.class
9.phylum
10.division
11.kingdom
12.domain
13.phylogeny
14.character
15.molecular clock
16. cladistics
17. cladogram
18.eubacteria
19.Archaea
20.protist
21.fungus
Questions: Answer the following in a complete sentence
1. Explain why it is important to have a biological classification system.
2. Describe how a scientific name is written correctly using binomial nomenclature.
3. Compare and contrast how modern classification systems differ from those used by Aristotle and Linnaeus..
4. Classify a giant panda, Ailuropoda melanoleuca, from domain to species level by referring to Figure 17.4.
5. Describe how the changing “species concept” has affected classification systems.
6. List and describe the different concepts of a species.
7. Describe some methods used to determine phylogeny.
8. Organize the following derived characters on a cladogram in order of ascending complexity: multicellular,
hair, backbone, unicellular and four appendages.
9. State the names of the three domains and list the kingdoms in each domain.
10. Compare and contrast the characteristics of the three domains.
11. Explain the difference between Kingdoms Protista and Fungi based on substances in their cell walls.
12. Classify to the kingdom level an organism that has organ systems, lacks cell walls and ingests food.