Download Taxonomy Classification Review Answers Worksheet and more Exercises Tax Legislation and Financial Law in PDF only on Docsity! Unit 12 Classification Review Answers (8A,8B,8C) 1. Fill in the correct levels of classification in order from the largest to the smallest in the pyramid below. 2. What two levels of classification make up the scientific name? Genus species 3. What is the scientific name for humans? Homo sapiens 4. What Kingdom do humans belong to? Animalia 5. What language is the scientific name written in? Latin 6. Why do scientists use an organized classification system? So scientists around the world, despite language & cultural barriers, will be able to communicate precisely about the species they are studying. 7. Circle the genus name of the animal listed: Canis familiaris 8. Circle the species name of the animal listed below: Vulpes vulpes 9. Who is known as the father of taxonomy? Carolus Linnaeus 10. Define taxonomy. the scientific system of naming and classifying organisms 11. How are plants and fungi similar? How are they different? Both are eukaryotic, have cell walls, most are multicellular, & reproduce either asexually or sexually Plants have cell walls made of cellulose & are autotrophs while fungi have cell walls made of chitin & are heterotrophs. 12. Circle the two organisms that are most closely related. a. Ursus maritimis, Ailuropoda melanoleuca, Ursus arctos b. Bufo quercicus, Bufo terrestris, Acris crepitans c. Sternotherus minor minor, Kinosternon baurii, Sternotherus odoratus PHYLUM CLASS ORDER FAMILY GENUS KINGDOM DOMAIN SPECIES 13. Use the following dichotomous key to identify the order of the insects pictured below: Order Diptera Order Orthoptera Order Coleoptera Order Odonta 1a. wings covered by an exoskeleton ………go to step 2 1b. wings not covered by an exoskeleton ……….go to step 3 2a. body has a round shape ……….Order Coleoptera 2b. body has an elongated shape ……….Order Orthoptera 3a. wings point out from the side of the body ……….Order Odonta 3b. wings point to the posterior of the body ……….Order Diptera 14. What kingdom do the following organisms belong to? A=Animalia, F = Fungi, P= Plantae, B = Eubacteria, R = Protista, AB = Archaeabacteria F athletes foot A human A coyote F toadstool P grass AB thermophiles (live in extreme hot conditions) B cyanobacteria R amoeba F mushroom P mountain laurel tree 15. Use the cladogram to the right to answer the following questions. a. What dinosaurs are non-chewers? Sauropodomorpha b. What dinosaurs are chewers? Ornithischia c. What animals do not have limbs with digits? bony fish d. What animals have upright hindlimbs and hole in hip sockets? Dinosaurs & modern birds e. What animals have bones and vertebrae? every animal listed on the cladogram