Biological Classification Assignment

Biological Classification Assignment Why? From the time we begin to talk, we start to name things. We like to see how things are related. It is natural then, that biologists would name and organize classification system. In this activity you will learn about the major classification grouorganisms into aps and how organisms are named. Model 1 – Addressing an Envelope 1. According to the envelope in Model 1, who is supposed to receive the letter? Jane Doe 2. Which of the two letters in Model 1 will be more successful at reaching its destination? Justify your choice. Addressed Envelope Number 1. Address 2 isn’t that specific, as it only includes the address. Address 1 is more specific, with the persons name address, their street number and town name and the country. There’s more room for error for address 2 because it is very brief and unspecific. 3. In Addressed Envelope 1, which four letters (A–H) correspond to the most specific part of the address? AEBF 4. In Addressed Envelope 1, which four letters (A–H) correspond to the most general part of the address? CGDH 5. In recent years, the United States Post Office has introduced a zip code plus 4 (H). Thinking about what you’ve learned about addresses, why would this additional information be added to address labels? There might have been incidents where the mail wasn’t delivered in the right place, or it wasn’t specific enough. In order to avoid this, zip code plus 4 will hopefully be more specific, and for security reasons, for the exact address. With the other 4 numbers, it will be delivered to the right place. Model 2 – Taxonomy Envelope (Jane Doe) United States Country State and Zip Town Street name House No. Last name First name MI- 480251234 Small Town Main Street 1234 Doe Jane Taxa Lion (Panthera leo) Tiger (Panthera tigris) House Cat (Felis catus) Kingdom Animalia Animalia Animalia Phylum Chordata Chordata Chordata Class Mammalia Mammalia Mammalia Order Carnivora Carnivora Carnivora Family Felidae Felidae Felidae Genus Panthera* Panthera Felis Species leo tigris catus 6. Using the envelope outline from Model 1, classify the full address by writing the appropriate information in the “Envelope” column in Model 2. Read This! Carolus Linneaus (1707–1778) is known as the father of modern taxonomy. Taxonomy is the science of finding, describing, and categorizing organisms with the ultimate goal to name the species. In traditional Linnean taxonomy the seven major taxonomic groups are (in order from least specific to most specific) Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, and Species. Modern taxonomy categorizes the six kingdoms into three domains. 7. Use the Linnaean taxonomic groupings to complete the third column of the table above. 8. Which two of the three cats listed in Model 2 are most closely related? Explain your answer. The lion and tiger are more closely related. They are more similar because their only difference is leo and tigris, whereas felis and cactus ( which are 2 differences ). Lion and tiger family tigers have more classifications in common. 9. At which taxonomic level do the two cats you identified in Question 8 separate? They are different species. 10. What is the most specific taxonomic grouping in which all three cats are the same? Felidae which is part of Family 11. What is different about the way the genus and species names are written compared to the other taxa? The genus section is written differently and it’s actually written in italics, whereas the species category is written in lowercase letter when everything else is capital. 12. The genus and species names are collectively referred to as the scientific name. It is written in a form known as binomial nomenclature, a two-term Latin naming system. There are three rules for writing a scientific name using this system. Analyze the information in Model 2 to complete the rules below: Rule 1: The scientific name is always written in _2___ parts, with the genus name written _first___ and the species name ------second__________. Rule 2: The scientific name is always written in ___italics___________. If it is handwritten, it is written in cursive or underlined. Rule 3: The first letter of the genus name is a ___genus________________ letter. 13. This system is used all over the world. Why do you think Latin is used instead of a more modern language? I think Latin is used instead of a more modern language, because latin is used for naming specific animals. Things have their meanings in latin, it’s just because they continue to use it. 14. Using this system, would it be possible for two different species to have the same name? No, because you wouldn’t just use the first part of the name. For example, panthera tigris, you would know that it is a tiger, because of the second part of the name. 15. In Linnaeus’s time, classification was based on the appearance of organisms. Think about the appearance of organisms such as tadpoles and frogs, sharks and dolphins, and penguins and eagles. What are the limitations of classifying organisms by only their appearance? Some animals might look really similar, but you would realize that they are completely different. One might be cold blooded, and one might be warm-blooded. To put it short, no, because looks alone don’t determine what species and class they belong to. 16. Considering advances in science, what might be a more reliable way to classify organisms? List at least three additional ways besides appearance. Whether they are cold-blooded or warm blooded Land Animals vs Sea Animals What habitat and environment they live in. Model 3 – Domains and Kingdoms Domain Kingdom Cell Organization Type of Cells Animalia Multicellular Eukaryotic Plantae Multicellular (most forms) Eukaryotic Fungi Multicellular (most forms) Eukaryotic Protista Unicellular (most forms) Eukaryotic Multicellular (some colonial) Archaea Archaebacteria Unicellular Prokaryotic Bacteria Eubacteria Unicellular Prokaryotic Eukarya Energy Source Heterotrophic, ingestion Autotrophic Heterotrophic, absorption Autotrophic or heterotrophic, ingestion or absorption Autotrophic or heterotrophic, absorption Autotrophic or heterotrophic, absorption 17. Look carefully at Model 3 and compare the kingdom arrangement to the domain arrangement. Which group is larger, domain or kingdom? Justify your answer and use information from the model in your explanation. The domain is obviously larger, as Eukarya takes up the whole space. The kingdoms are the ones that make up the domain, but they are smaller, as 4 different ones asthey are belonging in the domain. 18. Refer to the Domains in the chart in Model 3. a. How many domains are shown? 3 b. Which domain includes eukaryotic organisms? Eukarya c. Which domains include prokaryotic organisms? Bacteria and Archaea 19. Refer to the Kingdoms in the chart in Model 3? a. How many kingdoms are shown? 6 kingdoms b. Which kingdoms contain eukaryotic organisms? Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista c. Which kingdoms contain prokaryotic organisms? Archaebacteria and Eubacteria 20. Which kingdoms contain only unicellular organisms? Again, Archaebacteria and Eubacteria. 21. In which domain would you place the kingdom Archaebacteria? Archea 22. In Model 3, organisms are described as autotrophic or heterotrophic in the way they get nutrition. What do these terms mean? I know that heterotrophic would be sharing their nutrition, from the word hetero. They would probably rely on others for food. Meanwhile, autotrophic might mean not sharing, like plants, they don’t share food they produce their food from the sunlight, ( except for venus fly trap)