Taxonomy/Classification

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Unlock the secrets of biological classification! Learn taxonomy, binomial nomenclature, and use dichotomous keys.

Classification Complete the classification chart by using the word bank to fill in the different taxonomy levels.Word bank:Domain, Species, FamilyGenus, Phylum, OrderKingdom, Class Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species 1. BinomialNomenclature (the 2 name naming system) was developed by Linneaus.2. An organisms scientific name is made of its genusand then its species.3. If 2 organisms are in the same genus, the must be in the same family.4. Clostridium tentani and Clostridium botulinum are two types of bacteria from the Eubacteria kingdom. They are differentspecies but they are in the samegenus.5. The class of mammals includes organisms such as rabbits and elephants which are in the same phylumbut different species.6. Only organisms that interbreed and produce fertileoffspring are in the same species. Kingdom Cell Type Cell Structure Eubacteria Prokaryotic Cell wall Archeabacteria Prokayrotic Cell wall Protista Eukaryotic Mixed Fungi Eukaryotic Cell wall Plantae Eukaryotic Cell wall Animalia Eukaryotic No Cell wall Kingdom Number of cells Multi, Uni, or Both Nutrition Autotroph, Heterotroph, or Both Eubacteria uni Both Archeabacteria Uni Both Protista Both Both Fungi Both Heterotroph Plantae Multi Autotroph Animalia Multi Heterotroph TRY THIS! According to this dichotomous key, what is the scientific name for the above animal?1a. Organism has an exoskeleton (hard outer skeleton) (go to question 2)1b. Organism has an internal skeleton or no skeleton (go to question 3)2a. Organism has thin black body and a red stripe on its abdomen (go to question 4a.)2b. Organism has a thick black body and large grey abdomen (go to question 4b.)3a. Organism dwells on land (go to question 5)3b. Organism dwells in the ocean (go to question 6)4a. Organism is Lactrodectus hasselti4b. Organism is Atrax infensus5a. Organism is totally covered in smooth scale-like skin:Eterofecalis freundii5b. Organism has a textured coat or covering:Heterocphela truncatus6a. Organism has 8 thick tentacles: Hapalochlaena lunulata6b. Organism has many string-like tentacles: Chironex fleckeri Lactrodectus hasselti Atrax infensus Hapalochlaena lunulata Chironex fleckeri Heterocphela truncatus None of these are correct The following three animals are clearly different! What common name do most people use for these creatures and might therefore cause confusion if trying to see if the dangerous one (one of them is deadly) is in the ocean near you?

Science STUARTHS BIOLOGY SOL Taxonomy Review Biology classification Dichotomous Key Cladogram biological_classification taxonomy_hierarchy scientific_naming
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