Taxonomy
What is the broadest level or taxonomy?
What is Domain
Define Bilateral symmetry.
What is the body is divided equally along one plane
________ have backbones.
What is vertebrae
If an organism's population is decreasing at a high rate and is seen less often in the wild, what can we infer is happening?
No wrong answer.
What is However, we could infer the organism is becoming endangered, less people have searched for the organism, the species is loosing it's habitat, etc.
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The ________ of organisms is defined by their physical attributes.
What is order
Animals are _________. This means they reproduce sexually.
What is Diploid
__________ do not have backbones
What is invertebrates.
If the organism in question is living, and does have a backbone, we could infer that this organism is a __________. (try to use taxonomy terms)
What is Chordata.
Or less specifically, a vertebrate
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The animal kingdom contains around 35 ______?
Taxonomic names are written in what two languages?
What is Latin and Greek
_________ identify and name diverse organisms?
What is taxonomists
What is polar bear, american pika, penguins, sea turtles, koalas, or the monarch butterfly
Quickly find 3 images of an organism inside the room. You only have 1 minute.
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Name 3 Kingdoms of Eukarya
What is Protista, Fungi, Plantae, or Animalia
What is the arrangement of organisms into orderly groups based on their similarities.
_______is the hierarchy of groups of related organisms.
What is Taxon
If an organism is living, has a backbone, and fur, we can infer the animal is known as a ___________. (use taxonomy terms)
What is Mammalia.
Less specific what is mammal
One member come up to the board. Draw 3 animal footprints. Your team must guess them correctly. You have 30 seconds to draw each.
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List all 8 Taxonomic levels in order from broadest to most specific?
What is Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
Name all 3 ways we classify animals.
What is by body plan symmetry, tissue layers, and developmental patterns.
_________ _________ has been around since the triassic period.
What is Tadpole shrimp.
Infer with your group the differences using diversity and taxonomy terms between the following two organisms.
Fox and jellyfish
Ex. A fox belongs to the mammalia class. It is a chordata and lives in wooded forest areas.
A jellyfish is an invertebrate and is not a mammalia. It belongs to the phylum Cnidaria (ny-dare-ee-a)
Define the habitat of each of the following organisms. If you get one of the 3 wrong, loose 300 points. You have 30 seconds to explain each habitat
Panda, sea turtle, penguin
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