Unit Xi - Classification Ws

Name ______Due Date______

UNIT XI - CLASSIFICATION WS I. Matching – Match the definition with the correct term. Each term may be used more than one time and each question may have more than one answer! ______1. Chordata A. Taxonomy ______2. Group of related orders B. Species ______3. The grouping of objects based on similarities C. Phylum ______4. Two-word naming system D. Order ______5. Group of related species E. Linnaeus ______6. Group of related genera F. Kingdom ______7. Level in which all members share the greatest number of characteristicsG. Genus ______8. Branch of Biology concerned with grouping & naming of organisms H. Family ______9. Group of related families I. Classification ______10. Scientist that devised classification system J. Class ______11. Group of related classes K. Binomial ______12. Level at which organism can interbreed to produce fertile offspring nomenclature ______13. Levels of classification used for scientific name ______14. Level of classification containing largest number of organisms ______15. Animalia ______16. Broadest classification level ______17. Primate

II. The table below shows the complete classification of several species of animals. Use the table to answer the questions that follow.

House Cat Red Fox Dog Wolf Gopher Fly Human Animalia Animalia Animalia Animalia Animalia Animalia Animalia Chordata Chordata Chordata Chordata Chordata Arthropoda Chordata Mammalia Mammalia Mammalia Mammalia Mammalia Insecta Mammalia Carnivora Carnivora Carnivora Carnivora Rodentia Diptera Primate Felidae Canidae Canidae Canidae Geomyidae Muscidae Hominidae Felis Vulpes Canis Canis Thomomys Musca Homo domesticus fulva familiaris lupus bottae domestica sapiens

1. Which two animals are the most closely related? Explain. ______2. At what level does the classification between house cats and gophers diverge? ______3. Which organism has the least in common with the others? Explain. ______4. Which classification levels are shared by a red fox and a dog? ______Which classification levels are shared by a red fox and a human? ______5. Which organisms have more common characteristics, red fox & dog or red fox & human? Explain. ______6. What type of animal would you predict Vulpes velox to be? Explain. ______7. At what level does the classification between humans and dogs diverge? ______8. What is the scientific name for a fly? ______A human? ______♫ SIX KINGDOMS OF LIFE ♫

Matching – Each choice may be used more than one time.

______1. Prokaryote with cell walls made of peptidoglycan A. Protista ______2. Composed of all autotrophic eukaryotes B. Plantae ______3. Eukaryotes with cell walls made of chitin C. Fungi ______4. Yeasts D. Eubacteria ______5. All unicellular with cell walls that lack peptidoglycan E. Animalia ______6. All members carry out photosynthesis F. Archaebacteria ______7. All members are heterotrophs lacking a cell wall ______8. Prokaryotes that live in very extreme, harsh conditions ______9. Mosses & ferns ______10. Eukaryotic heterotrophs that obtain nutrients through absorption ______11. Algae ______12. Cell wall made up of cellulose ______13. Non-motile eukaryotes with organs and organ systems ______14. Eukaryotes that are mostly unicellular, but may be multicellular ______15. Eukaryotic kingdom composed of organisms with or without chloroplasts ______16. Mushrooms ______17. Prokaryotic decomposers ______18. Eukaryotic decomposers ______19. Most complex of all kingdoms ______20. “Junk Drawer of Life” ______21. Ubiquitous prokaryotes ______22. All members have nucleus, mitochondria, chloroplasts, cell wall ______23. Most ancient of kingdoms ______24. Sponges ______25. Heterotrophs with organs and organ systems ______26. E. coli ______27. Domain Bacteria ______28. Paramecium ______29. Morels, truffles, mushrooms ______30. Domain Archaea ______31. Most diverse kingdom