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LTA: Chapter 17 Organizing Life’s Diversity
Name ___________________________
Objectives:
Date ______________ Period _____
You should be able to:
1. compare Aristotle’s and Linnaeus’s methods of classifying organisms
2. explain how to write a scientific name
3. summarize the categories used in binomial nomenclature
4. compare and contrast species concepts
5. describe methods used to reveal phylogeny
6. explain how a cladogram is constructed
7. compare major characteristics of the three domains
8. differentiate among the six kingdoms
9. classify organisms to the kingdom level
Key Terms: Write and define
classification
taxonomy
binomial nomenclature
taxon
genus
family
order
class
phylum
division
kingdom
domain
phylogeny
character
molecular clock
cladistics
cladogram
eubacteria
Archaea
protist
fungus
LTA: Chapter 17 Organizing Life’s Diversity
Name ___________________________
Objectives:
Date ______________ Period _____
You should be able to:
10. compare Aristotle’s and Linnaeus’s methods of classifying organisms
11. explain how to write a scientific name
12. summarize the categories used in binomial nomenclature
13. compare and contrast species concepts
14. describe methods used to reveal phylogeny
15. explain how a cladogram is constructed
16. compare major characteristics of the three domains
17. differentiate among the six kingdoms
18. classify organisms to the kingdom level
Key Terms: Write and define
classification
taxonomy
binomial nomenclature
taxon
genus
family
order
class
phylum
division
kingdom
domain
phylogeny
character
molecular clock
cladistics
cladogram
eubacteria
Archaea
protist
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.
Your Questions:
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.
Your Questions: