Chapter 4 Taxonomy REVIEW GAME!

INSTRUCTIONS WE WILL DIVIDE INTO GROUPS OF 4 EACH GROUP WILL TALK QUIETLY ABOUT EACH QUESTION. EACH GROUP WILL WRITE DOWN THEIR ANSWERS FOR EACH QUESTION AND PASS IT FORWARD FOR ME TO CHECK GROUPS WILL RECEIVE 2 POINTS FOR EACH CORRECT ANSWER THE GROUP WITH THE MOST POINTS WILL WIN A TREAT FROM THE GRANARY TOMORROW!

YOU MAY NOT USE YOUR BOOK OR NOTES!

SCALA NATURAE WHAT ARE THE FIVE CATEGORIES ON ARISTOTLE’S “LADDER OR LIFE” IN ORDER FROM HIGHEST TO LOWEST?

MAMMALS VERTEBRATES INVERTEBRATES PLANTS NONLIVING THINGS

CAROLUS LINNAEUS BEGAN TO GIVE ALL SPECIES A UNIQUE TWO-PART LATIN NAME TO HELP CLASSIFYING ORGANISMS. WHAT IS THIS SYSTEM CALLED?

BINOMIAL NOMENCLATURE

WHAT ARE THE SEVEN CLASSIFICATIONS OF LIVING THINGS?

KINGDOM PHYLUM CLASS ORDER FAMILY GENUS SPECIES

WHAT IS THE DEFINITION OF SPECIES?

A GROUP OF ORGANISMS THAT CAN MATE WITH ONE ANOTHER AND PRODUCE FERTILE OFFSPRING

CONTAINS ORGANISMS THAT ARE USUALLY SINGLE-CELLED, HAVE A NUCLEUS BUT ARE NOT PLANTS, ANIMALS, OR FUNGI

PROTISTA

MANY-CELLED ORGANISMS THAT PRODUCE THEIR OWN FOOD THROUGH PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND REPRODUCE THROUGH SEEDS OR SPORES

PLANTAE

SINGLE-CELLED ORGANISMS THAT DO NOT HAVE A NUCLEUS. SOME CAN LIVE IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS AND THEY ARE OFTEN DECOMPOSERS

BACTERIA

NON-GREEN ORGANISMS THAT REPRODUCE FROM SPRES AND ABSORB THEIR FOOD. SOME ARE ALSO DECOMPOSERS

FUNGI

THIS KINGDOM CONTAINS ALL ANIMALS, BOTH VERTEBRATES AND INVERTEBRATES.

ANIMALIA

THIS PHYLUM HAS ONLY ONE SPECIES, THE GINGKO TREE. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE PHYLUM?

GINGKOPHYTA

PLANTS IN THIS PHYLUM ARE COMMONLY CALLED FERNS. THEY REPRODUCE WITH SPORES AND HAVE TISSUES THAT CONDUCTS WATER AND MINERALS. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THIS PHYLUM?

FILICINOPHYTA

PLANTS IN THESE TWO PHYLA LIKE TO GROW IN DAMP AREAS. THEY DO NOT HAVE ROOTS AND THEY REPRODUCE THROUGH SPORES.

PLANTS IN THIS PHYLUM HAVE CONES AND ARE USUALLY EVERGREEN. THEY ALSO REPRODUCE THROUGH SEEDS. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THIS PHYLUM

CONIFEROPHYTA

THE PHYLUM ANGIOSPERMOPHYTA INCLUDES WHAT KIND OF PLANTS?

THESE PLANTS ALL USE FLOWERS FOR REPRODUCTION.

WHAT IS THE DEFINITION FOR A BOTANIST?

AS SCIENTIST THAT STUDIES PLANTS

FOR ALL OF THE FOLLOWING GIVE A DESCRIPTION AND AN EXAMPLE PORIFERA

COMMONLY CALLED SPONGES. MOST ARE MARINE, SOME LIVE IN FRESH WATER

CNIDARIA

THESE ANIMALS HAVE A CIRCULAR DESIGN WITH STINGING TENTACLES AROUND THEIR MOUTHS

PLATYHELMINTHES

COMMONLY CALLED FLATWORMS. PLANARIANS AND TAPEWORMS

ROTIFERA

THESE ARE MICROSCOPIC ANIMALS THAT ROTATE.

MOLLUSCA

ALL ANIMALS IN THIS PHYLUM HAVE SOFT BODIES. SOME HAVE A HARD PROTECTIVE SHELL. SLUGS, SNAILS, SQUID

ANNELIDA

MEMBERS OF THIS PHYLUM ARE COMMONLY CALLED THE SEGMENTED WORMS. EARTHWORMS, LEECHES

ECHINODERMATA

ALL ANIMALS IN THIS PHYLUM ARE MARINE. SAND DOLLARS, STARFISH.

ARTHROPODA

ALL HAVE SEGMENTED BODIES AND EXOSKELETONS. SPIDERS, INSECTS

CHORDATA

ALL HAVE A BACKBONE. LIONS TIGERS AND BEARS!

TELL THE CLASS THAT THE FOLLOWING ANIMALS BELONG TO

SHARK

PISCES

FROG

AMPHIBIA

COBRA

REPTILIA

EAGLE

AVES

BAT

MAMMAL

A SCIENTIST THAT STUDIES ANIMALS

ZOOLOGIST