Download Taxonomy Worksheet and more Exercises Plant Taxonomy and Evolution in PDF only on Docsity! Taxonomy Examine the table showing the classification of four organisms. Then answer the questions. Taxon Green Frog Mountain Lion Domestic Dog Human Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Animalia Chordata Amphibia Anura Ranidae Rana Rana clamitans Animalia Chordata Mammalia Carnivora Felidae Felis Felis concolor Animalia Chordata Mammalia Carnivora Canidae Canis Canis familiaris Animalia Chordata Mammalia Primates Hominidae Homo Homo sapiens 1. Which taxon includes the most specific characteristics? ____________________________________ 2. Which taxon includes the broadest characteristics? ________________________________________ 3. Which taxon includes more species, an order or a family? ___________________________________ 4. Which taxon includes only organisms that can successfully interbreed? ________________________ 5. If two organisms belong to the same family, what other taxonomic groups do the organisms have in common? _________________________________________________________________________________ 6. Which two organisms in the chart are most closely related? Explain. _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ 7. To which taxa do all four organisms belong? _________________________________________________________________________________ 8. Which class does not include animals that have hair or fur? _________________________________ 9. What is the order, family, and genus of a human? _________________________________________________________________________________ 10. Using the information in the chart, what can you conclude about the classification taxa of an organism with the scientific name Rana temporaria? _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________
