Taxonomy Basics
Why would people want to sort (organize) their items? What is the purpose of doing so?
To make it easier to locate, use, and manage items. Organizing helps in understanding relationships and efficiently finding what is needed.
Name the 8 levels of classification, starting from the top.
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species.
What are the 6 kingdoms?
Bacteria (Eubacteria), Archaea (Archaebacteria), Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia.
What is a nonvascular plant?
A plant that lacks specialized tissues for transporting water and nutrients.
Includes jellyfish and coral, have stinging cells, and radial symmetry.
Phylum Cnidarians.
What is taxonomy?
The science of classifying organisms into groups based on their similarities and differences.
The (pick one) top / bottom of the list has the most organisms included in it.
Top
What are the 3 characteristics used to determine kingdoms?
Cell type (prokaryotic or eukaryotic), cell structure (unicellular or multicellular), and nutrition (autotrophic or heterotrophic).
What are the 2 groups of nonvascular plants?
Mosses and liverworts.
Includes sponges that stay in one place and have pores that water passes through from which it strains nutrients.
Phylum Porifera.
How did Aristotle first classify organisms?
Aristotle classified organisms based on their habitat and physical characteristics, grouping them into categories like plants and animals.
True or False:
Domains include a greater number of organisms than species.
True
Protist is which of the following:
Prokaryote/ Eukaryote/ both
Eukaryote
What is a vascular plant?
A plant that has specialized tissues (xylem and phloem) for transporting water, nutrients, and food.
Largest group of vertebrates, live in water.
Fish.
What potential problems do you see with Aristotle’s method?
Aristotle's method lacked precision and consistency, leading to ambiguities and inaccuracies in classification.
The (pick one) top / bottom of the list has organisms that have more in common with each other.
Bottom
Fungi is one of the following: Prokaryote/ Eukaryote/ both
Eukaryote
What is the difference between seedless vascular and seed vascular plants?
Seedless vascular plants reproduce via spores, while seed vascular plants reproduce via seeds.
Endotherms with fur or hair. Produce milk for young. Born alive rather than in eggs.
Mammals.
Who developed binomial nomenclature?
Carl Linnaeus.
What is the trick to remember the order of the 8 levels of classification?
"Dear King Philip Came Over For Good Soup."
Plant is which of the following:
Prokaryote/ Eukaryote/ both
Eukaryote.
In the animal kingdom, all organisms are ________________________, and _______________________. Most reproduce ____________________________, and can move place to place.
Multicellular, heterotrophic, sexually.
Includes bivalves, snails, and cephalopods.
Phylum Mollusca.