Classification and Kingdom Review

Classification of Four Organisms

Whale Humpback Spider
Corn Shark Whale Monkey
Kingdom Plantae Animalia Animalia Animalia
Phylum Anthophyta Chordata Chordata Chordata
Class Monocotyledones Chondrichthyes Mammalia Mammalia
Order Commelinales Squaliformes Cetacea Primates
Family Poaceae Rhincodontidae Balaenopteridae Atelidae
Genus Zea Rhincodon Megaptera Ateles
Species Zea mays Rhinacodon Megaptera Ateles
typus novaeangilae paniscus
Figure 2–1.

1. Which organism in Figure 2-1 is most distantly related to the others? Why? ​Corn
because it is in an entirely different category from the others minus the domain.

2. Which two organisms listed in Figure 2-1 are most closely related to each other?
Humpback Whale and Spider Monkey

3. Which level of taxonomic category shown in Figure 2-1 indicates whether an organism
is a mammal or not? ​Class

4. What type of organism is ​Ateles arachnoids​?​ ​It is a monkey-like organism.

5. The system of naming things using a two-part scientific name is called ​binomial
nomenclature.

6. Most scientific names are written in ​Latin​ (language).

7. The first word of each name is called the ​genus​. The second word is called the
species​.

8. Organisms that share characteristics are classified in classification groups called ​taxa​.
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9. The study of the classification of organisms according to their characteristics

taxonomy​.

10. For organisms to successfully breed & to have fertile offspring, they must be in the
same ​species​.

11. The ​original classification​ system grouped all living organisms into two kingdoms:

Animals​ and ​Plants​.

12. As a result of discoveries of new life forms, 3 more kingdoms were added (hint: do not
list the six that we use ​today​!!!):

MONERA ​, ​Protista​, ​ Fungi

13. In the 1990s kingdom Monera (which contained all bacteria) was replaced by two
kingdoms: ​archaebacteria​ (the ancient-like bacteria) &​ eubacteria​ (the more common
bacteria)

14. List the three domains and tell which kingdoms are classified under each domain.

❖ Eukarya --- prokaryotic organisms, bacteria

❖ Eubacteria--- plants, animals, fungi, protista, eubacteria, archaebacteria

❖ Archaebacteria--- prokaryotic organisms, extremophiles

15. According to the classification system used ​today​, list the eight ​TAXA​ from largest to
smallest.

Domain → Kingdom → Phylum→ Class → Order → Family → Genus → Species

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Identify the kingdoms that have the following characteristics ​(KINGDOMS MAY BE USED MORE THAN ONCE, OR
NOT AT ALL)

● Animalia ● Fungi
● Archaebacteria ● Plantae
● Eubacteria ● Protista

16. Plantae​ All the organisms in this kingdom are autotrophs and have cell walls made up of
cellulose.
17. Fungi ​All the organisms in this kingdom are heterotrophs and have cell walls made up of
chitin.
18. Animalia​ All organisms in this kingdom are multicellular heterotrophs without cell walls.
19. Archaebacteria​ Organisms in this kingdom live primarily in harsh environments and are
believed to be very similar to the first life forms on earth.
20. Eubacteria​ Organisms in this kingdom are unicellular, do not have a nucleus & have a cell
wall made of peptidoglycan. They are also known as “true bacteria”
21. Protista​ Organisms in this kingdom are living.
22. Eubacteria​ Viruses are classified in this kingdom.
23. Eubacteria
24. Protista
25. Plantae
26. Fungi
27. Animalia