Dichotomous Key of Living Things

Dichotomous Key of Living Things

How living things are organized.

Open Ended

What do you know about how living things are organised?

Classification/Taxonomy Categories

• Domain

• Kingdom

• Phylum

• Class

  Order

• Family

• Genus

• Specie

Open Ended

What is a good mnemonic to remember each? [DKPCOFGS]

Domain

Categorised based on the type of cells: Bacteria (single-celled), Archaea (single-celled), Eukaryota (single or multi-celled)

Multiple Choice

What domain would humans be in?

• Bacteria

• Archaea

• Eukaryota

Eukaryota

Kingdoms

There are 6 kingdoms of living things.

Kingdom

• Eubacteria 

• Archaebacteria

• Protists
  

• Fungi

• Animalia

• Plantea

Multiple Choice

What kingdom are humans in?

• Eubacteria

• Archaebacteria

• Plantea

• Protists

• Animalia

Phylum

There are 35 Phyla in just animalia kingdom. This is where the variety of traits extends into many more categories for each kingdom.

Chordata

Relates to the spinal chord and how it's protected in the animal.

Multiple Choice

1. Which group of organisms is most closely related?

1. Phylum Cnidaria, Class Hydrozoa

2. Phylum Arthropoda, Class Insecta

3. Phylum Cnidaria, Class Cubozoa

• 1 and 2

• 1 and 3

• 2 and 3