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Classification
classification of living things
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7th Grade
09/17/2010

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Why did scientists need to come up with a common naming system?
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to avoid miscommunication. If 2 scientist in different countries were communicating they would get confused. They used Latin
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Describe the 3 ways Aristotle classified living organisms:
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1. between plants and animals 2. by habitat: air, land, or water 3. blood (mammals) or no blood (insects)
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How would Aristotle classify a Lion, Hawk, seal, grasshopper?
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Lion: animal, land, blood. Hawk: animal, blood, air Seal: Animal, blood, water and grasshopper: animal, non-blood, land
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What is the naming system developed by Linnaeus?
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Binomial Nomenclature
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What are Aristotle and Linnaeus each know as?
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Aristotle is known as the first taxonomist.
Linnaeus is known as the "Father of Taxonomy".
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List the 6 Kingdoms:
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1. Plantae 2. Animalia 3. Protista, 4. Fungi 5. Bacteria 6 Archaea
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Inicate which kingdom the following are in: Yeast, butterfly, eugiena mushrooms tree, bacteria, amoeba, moss, mold
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Yeast: Fungi Butterfly: Animalia Eugiena: Protista Mushroom: Fungi Tree: Plantae Bacteria: Bacteria Amoeba: Protista Moss: Plantae Mold: fungi
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Indicate which kingdom the following are in Paramecium? Mildew, Humans, algae, strep, seaweed, microscopic life near deep ocean thermal vents, E. coli
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Paramecium: protista, mildew: fungi, humans: animalia, algae: protista, strep: bacteria, seaweed: protistia, michroscopic life near deep ocean thermal vents: archaea, E. coli: bacteria
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List the 3 kingdoms that contain most unicellular/single celled. Which of these contain organisms that can cause disease? give example
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Bacteria, Archaea, Protista.
Bacteria example : Strep Throat, E.coli
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List the 3 kingdoms that are mostly multicellular. Which of these contain things we eat? Give example
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Animalia, Plantae, Fungi. Cows in Animalia, fruits/vegetables in Plantae and Mushrooms in Fungi
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Which kingdom is considered the "extreme" kingdom because of the harsh living condition the organisms live in?
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Archaea
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Which kingdoms contains all heterotrophs? What does it mean to be heterotrophic?
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Animalia and Fungi. Heterotrophs are consumers. They do not make their own food and live on other producers.
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Which Kingdoms are Prokaryotic and what does that mean?
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Bacteria and Archaea are prokaryotic. This means they are made of cells with no nuclei.
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Which kingdoms are Eukaryotic? What does that mean?
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Protista, Fungi, Animalia, and Plantae, this means they have cell nucleus and are more specialized.
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List the 7 levels of classification:
What is the phrase that helps you remember this?
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Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species.
King Phillip came over for Good Spaghetti.
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The Scientific name is made up of the _____ and the _______. What is the scientific name for a human?
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Genus and Species. Homo Sapien
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A group of species that share similar traits make up a _______
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Genus
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A group of orders that share similar traits make up a ________
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Class
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A groupd of Classes that share similar traits make up a _________
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Phylum
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A group of families that share similar traits make up a ________
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Order
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Study the Graphic Organizer You should know the 3 characateristics for each Kingdom:
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3 Characteristics for each kingdom
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Which two of these species are more closely related: Ursus arctos, Megachile arctos, Ursus Maritimus? How do you know?
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