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Taxonomyworksheet
1.Vocabulary
distinguishbetweenthetermsineachofthefollowingpairs.
a)taxonomy,binomialnomenclature

b)kingdom,species

c)phylum,genus

3.Whydobiologistsassigneachorganismauniversallyacceptedname?Giveanexampleofthis.

4.NameLinneaus7taxonomiccategoriesfromSMALLESTtoLARGEST

5.Explainwhyeachofthefollowingcharacteristicsofaclassificationsystemisimportant:
a)Itassignsasingle,universallyacceptednametoeachorganism.

b)Itplacesorganismsintogroupsthatarebiologicallyrelated.

c)Itdividesorganismsintosmallgroups.

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6.Matching
1.binomial a)_________devisedasystemofnamingorganismsthatisstillinusetoday.
nomenclature
2.taxonomy b)Organismsareplacedin__________,orclassificationgroups.
3.Linneaus c)Thetaxonthatislargerthanagenusandsmallerthananorderisa(n)
________________.
4.taxa d)In____________,anorganismisgivena2partscientificnamethatgivethe
organismsgenusandspecies.
5.family e)Thesmallesttaxonisthe________,whichismadeupoforganismsthatshare
similarcharacteristicsandcanbreedwithoneanother.
6.species f)Thescienceofnamingorganismsandputtingthemintoclassification
groupsisknownas____________.

7.Completethefollowingtableforatleast2organisms(thatarentinthenotes!)
(common
name)
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species

8.Namethe6kingdomsandgiveanexampleofeach(trytothinkofoneonyourown!)
Kingdom Example







9.Whenclassifyingorganisms,ordersaregroupedtogetherinto
a)classes b)phyla c)families d)genera

10.AusefulclassificationsystemdoesNOT
a)revealrevolutionarytrends b)showrelationships
c)changethetaxonofanorganismbasedonnewevidence
d)usedifferentscientificnamesforthesameorganism

11.Inthescientificnameofanorganism,thefirstpartisthe:
a)speciesidentifier b)phyla c)genus d)subspecies

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12.Thespeciesnameofthelionis:
a)Pantheraleo b)pantheraleo
c)Pantheraleo d)PantheraLeo

13.Answerthefollowingquestionsinrelationtothetreeprovided.

14.Whatcharacteristicsdistinguish
a)protistsfrommonerans b)fungifromplants c)plantsfromanimals

15.a)whatisthedifferencebetweeneukaryoticandprokaryoticcells?

b)Whichkingdomsareeukaryotic?Prokaryotic?

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16.Explainthedifferencebetweenthefollowing.Giveexamplesofeachkind
Heterotrophsandautotrophs Unicellularandmulticelllarorganisms