BELL WORK: 1. List the eight levels of classification in order from largest (most general) to smallest (most specific). 2. Which two taxa make up an organism’s scientific name?

Walking Review: You have 10 minutes to finish the review questions from yesterday (in the hallway!).

What type of animal is Musca domestica? Organism Cat Wolf Fly Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Arthropoda Class Mammalia Insecta Order Carnivora Diptera Family Felidae Canidae Muscidae Genus Felis Canis Musca Species F. domesticus C. lupus M. domestica Have students study this chart. The next slide lists three questions to answer using this chart. You may have to advance to the next slide, let students read the question and then come back to the chart so they can find the answer. What type of animal is Musca domestica?

From the table, which 2 animals are most closely related? Organism Cat Wolf Fly Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Arthropoda Class Mammalia Insecta Order Carnivora Diptera Family Felidae Canidae Muscidae Genus Felis Canis Musca Species F. domesticus C. lupus M. domestica Have students study this chart. The next slide lists three questions to answer using this chart. You may have to advance to the next slide, let students read the question and then come back to the chart so they can find the answer. From the table, which 2 animals are most closely related?

Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Organism Cat Wolf Fly Kingdom Animalia Phylum Chordata Arthropoda Class Mammalia Insecta Order Carnivora Diptera Family Felidae Canidae Muscidae Genus Felis Canis Musca Species F. domesticus C. lupus M. domestica Have students study this chart. The next slide lists three questions to answer using this chart. You may have to advance to the next slide, let students read the question and then come back to the chart so they can find the answer. 3. At what classification level does the evolutionary relationship between cats and wolves diverge (become different)?

What is the scientific name for the Canada goose?

Explain which two organisms are the most closely related.

Which taxa do the human and goose have in common?

At which taxon do the lion and lynx diverge?

Which kingdom does C. comatus belong to?

Which taxa do the lion and lynx have in common?

What is the scientific name for the lion?

11. Describe 2 conclusions that can be made from this information. African Buffalo Burchell’s Zebra Grant’s Gazelle Animalia Chordata Mammalia Artiodactyla Bovidae Synceruscaffer Perissodactyla Equidae Equusburchellii Nangergranti 11. Describe 2 conclusions that can be made from this information.

The information below describes the most specific levels of classification that the mushroom sea squirt, Sycozoa gaimardi, shares with four other organisms. 12. To which of the four organisms is the mushroom sea squirt most closely related? The mushroom sea squirt is in the same class as the common sea grape. The mushroom sea squirt is in the same family as the blue spot ascidian. The mushroom sea squirt is in the same order as the white speck tunicate. The mushroom sea squirt is in the same phylum as the starry skate.

13. Which of the beetles above must belong to the same family?

Whales Most Closely Related 14. Four students researched the classifications of the following eight whales: killer whale, Orcinus orca gray whale, Eschrichtius robustus humpback whale, Megaptera novaeangliae pygmy right whale, Caperea marginata fin whale, Balaenoptera physalus minke whale, Balaenoptera acutorostrata North Atlantic right whale, Eubalaena glacialis bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus The students were asked which two whales are most closely related and why. The table below summarizes the students’ answers. Based on the classifications, which student gave the correct answer to the question? Student Whales Most Closely Related Reason 1 killer whale and gray whale They are both mammals. 2 humpback whale and pygmy right whale They are both whales. 3 fin whale and minke whale They are both in the same genus. 4 North Atlantic right whale and bowhead whale They are both in the same family.

15. Which two organisms are most closely related? California Sea Lion Galápagos Sea Lion New Zealand Sea Lion Kingdom Animalia  Animalia Phylum Chordata  Chordata Class Mammalia  Mammalia Order Carnivora  Carnivora Family Otariidae  Otariidae Genus Zalophus Phocarctos Species californianus wollebaeki  hookeri 15. Which two organisms are most closely related? 16. Which taxa do all three organisms share?

The Ursidae family of animals includes the giant panda, the brown bear, the polar bear, and the spectacled bear. Which of the following characteristics best helps classify these bears into genus and species levels?   A.eating habits   B.gene sequences   C.method of reproduction   D.location of natural habitat

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