History
Current System
Naming
Kingdoms
Evolution
100
What title did Linnaeus earn for his contributions to the science of taxonomy?
Father of Taxonomy
100
What are the kingdoms within our current taxonomy system?
Animals, Plants, Fungus, Protists, Archaea, Eubacteria
100
What is the system called by which we give organisms a scientific name?
Binomial Nomenclature
100
Which Kingdom is nicknamed the “Junk Drawer Kingdom”?
Protista
100
Who first proposed the theory of evolution through natural selection?
Charles Darwin
200
Which historical figure was the first recorded person to attempt to classify living organisms?
Aristotle
200
What is the term we use for a “level” within our current taxonomy system?
Taxon (taxa)
200
KINGDOM - Animalia
PHYLUM - Chordata
CLASS - Chondrichthyes
ORDER - Lamniformes
FAMILY - Lamnidae
GENUS - Carcharodon
SPECIES - Carcharias
What is the scientific name of this organism? One group member must write it on the board properly.
Carcharodon carcharias
200
Which Kingdom includes the most numerous organisms on Earth?
Eubacteria
200
What is “an advantageous trait that helps an organism survive and reproduce in a specific environment?”
Adaptation
300
Aristotle grouped animals into two groups. What were those two groups?
Bloodless animals & animals with blood
300
What are the domains within our current taxonomy system?
Archaea, Bacteria, Eukarya
300
KINGDOM - Protista
PHYLUM - Percolozoa
CLASS - Heterolobosea
ORDER - Schizopyrenida
FAMILY - Vahlkampfiidae
GENUS - Naegleria
SPECIES - Fowleri
What is the simplified scientific name of this organism? One group member must write it on the board properly.
N. fowleri
300
Which Kingdoms include eukaryotes that can be either unicellular or multicellular AND can be either heterotrophic or autotrophic?
Protista
300
What type of diagram do we use to show a hypothesis of how much time has passed since two species diverged from a shared ancestor?
Phylogenetic Tree
400
Aristotle was also the first to use two concepts from our current taxonomy system. Which two concepts from our current taxonomy system did he utilize?
Genus & species
400
What factor determines whether two organisms are in the same species?
If they can mate AND produce viable, fertile offspring
400
Why does a scientific name focus upon genus and species (and not the other levels of taxonomy)?
A scientific name is a name for a specific organism. Those levels are the most specific.
400
Which Kingdom is eukaryotic, always multicellular, and always heterotrophic?
Animalia
(Fungi is incorrect because yeast is unicellular)
400
What type of diagram do we use to show a hypothesis of how organisms are related due to shared physical features (ex. Jaw, backbone)?
Cladogram
500
What 5 levels did Linnaeus’s taxonomy system have?
Kingdom – Class – Order – Genus – Species
500
What are the current taxa in our system from most general to most specific?
Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
500
SPECIES - Meningitidis
CLASS - Betaproteobacteria
ORDER - Neisseriales
GENUS - Neisseria
KINGDOM - Eubacteria
FAMILY - Neisseriaceae
PHYLUM - Pseudomonodota
What are the non-simplified AND simplified scientific names of this organism? One group member must write them on the board properly.
Neisseria meningitidis
N. meningitidis
500
Which Kingdoms include prokaryotes that are always unicellular and can be either autotrophs or heterotrophs?
Archaea & Eubacteria
500
According to this phylogenetic tree, which organism or organisms is/are most closely related to a tapeworm?
Sea urchin & frog