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NAME: KEY
Define the following terms:
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Classification –Organizing living things into groups based on similarities
Taxonomy-Identification, classification and naming of living things
Species – A group of organisms that can mate and produce fertile offspring
Producer – An organism that gets energy by making its own food
Consumer- An organism that must eat others in order to get nutrients
Decomposer- An organism that breaks down dead organic material in order to get nutrients
2) List the order of classification from the broadest to the most specific groups
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
3) Identify who founded the systems of classification and naming
Carolus Linnaeus
4) Explain how organisms are given their scientific names:
Genus species (Genus=first letter capitalized; species=all lower case; all in italics)
5) Identify similar and different species based on their classification –
Organism 1
Organism 2
Organism 3
Organism 4
Organism 5
Kingdom
Animalia
Animalia
Animalia
Eukaryota
Plantae
Phylum
Chordata
Chordata
Chordata
Protista
Anthophyta
Class
Mammalia
Mammalia
Mammalia
Heterokontophyta
Dicotyledones
Order
Carnivora
Carnivora
Primates
Phaeophyceae
Fagales
Family
Canidae
Canidae
Hominidae
Laminariales
Fagaceae
Genus
Canis
Canis
Homo
Macrocystis
Quercus
Species
familiaris
lupus
sapiens
pyrifera
rubra
6) From this table, which organisms are the most similar? Why?
Organisms 1 and 2 because they are classified the same down to the genus level
7) List the scientific names of the 2 organisms that are most similar:
Canis familiaris and Canis lupus
8) Write the abbreviated scientific names of the 2 organisms that are most different:
M. pyrifera and Q. rubra
DOMAIN
Eukarya
Eukarya
Eukarya
Kingdom
Animalia
Plantae
Protista
Eukarya
Fungi
Bacteria
Eubacteria
Archaea
Archaebacteria
Distinguishing Characteristics
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eukaryotic
no cell wall, multi-cellular
mobile
consumer
eukaryotic
Cell wall, mutli-cellular
Not mobile
producer
eukaryotic
Some have cell walls, some do not; multi-cellular and unicellular
Some are producers and some are consumers
Must live in water
Eukaryotic
Cell wall, multi-cellular
decomposers
immobile
prokaryotic
cell wall, unicellular
decomposers, producers, use elements like nitrogen, hydrogen, sulfur
Live in normal environments-even in you! Eu= (you)bacteria
prokaryotic
Cell wall, unicellular
Wide range of sources: organic compounds, sunlight, ammonia, gases
Live in extreme environments-very hot, very cold, acidic, basic
9) How are archaebacteria and eubacteria similar?
• Prokaryotic
• cell wall
• they are unicellular
• have more than one food source.
10) How are archaebacteria and eubacteria different?
• Archaebacteria live in extreme environments
• eubacteria live in more normal environments like our body.
11) What kingdoms contain producers?
Plantae, protista, and eubacteria
12) Why is the protist kingdom said to be “diverse”? 10
When it comes to obtaining food:
• some protists act like plants
• some act like animals
• some act like fungi
13) How are fungi different from plants?
Fungi and plants are different because:
• plants make their own food
• fungi decompose (or break down) living matter to get nutrients.
14) What do all organisms in the animal kingdom have in common?
They are all are eukaryotic, multicellular, have no cell wall, and they all must consume other organisms.
15) List the three domains and the characteristics of each:
a. Eukarya- cells contain a nucleus, most multicellular
b. Bacteria-cells contain no nucleus, live in normal environments
c. Archaea-cells contain no nucleus, live in extreme environments