Why Classify?

Binomial Nomenclat

ureTaxa 6

Kingdoms Misc.

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Final Jeopardy

Classification

Final JeopardyFamily

The taxon that would differentiate a cat from a dog

$200Latin

What language is usually used for classification?

$400

Linnaeus

Father of taxonomy

$600

By structure

How our present system classifies organisms

$800Domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order,

family, genus, species

Name the taxa in order from largest to smallest

$1000

What 4 pieces of evidence help taxonomists decided on classifications?

- Morphology- Embryology- Biochemical - Genetic

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Classification system where each organism is given a two-part name

Define binomial nomenclature

$400Genus…species

Canis lupus and Canis latranshave the same ________ but

different _________.

$600Homo sapiens Linnaeus

Full scientific name of today’s humans

$800-First name = genus name (capitalized)-Second name = species name (lowercase)-If the person who named the species is known, use it at the end- genus & species should be in italics or underlined

Describe the proper way to write a scientific name.

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Who was the earliest taxonomist & how did he group organisms

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Archaea, Bacteria, Eukarya

The 3 domains

$400Eukarya have eukaryotic cells (have

nucleus & many organelles)

How are the Eukaryadifferent from Bacteria &

Archaea?

$600Bacteria have peptidoglycan in their cell

walls

How Bacteria & Archaea are different

$800K. Protista, K. Fungi, K. Plantae, K.

Animalia

The Kingdoms included in Eukarya

$1000

Name the specific taxa that we share with other great apes.

• Domain (Eukarya),

• Kingdom (Animalia),

• Phylum (Chordata),

• Class (Mammalia),

• Order (Primates)

• Family (Hominidae)

$200Prokaryotic, unicellular, reproduce

asexually, cell walls

How are Archaebacteria & Eubacteria similar?

$400Eukaryotic, live in damp/wet habitats, do

not fit into other eukaryotic kingdoms

Unifying characteristics of K.

Protista

$600Eukaryotic, multicellular, heterotrophs,

motile, no cell walls

Unifying characteristics of K. Animalia

$800Eukaryotic, multicellular, autotrophs, cell

wall has cellulose, non-motile

Unifying characteristics of K.

Plantae

$1000Eukaryotic, heterotrophic, non-motile, cell

walls with chitin

Unifying characteristics of K. Fungi

$200The science of naming & grouping

organisms

Define taxonomy

$400

Dichotomous Key

A system of identifying organisms using a two-choice

key

$600Archaebacteria

Bacterial kingdom we are more closely related to.

$800

Obtains its nutrition from dead/decaying organic matter

Saprophytic

$1000K. Monera

The kingdom that Archaea & Bacteria used to belong when

there was only 5 kingdoms

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