Taxonomy & Insect Orders

Multiple Choice

• Antenna

• Thorax

• Compound eyes

Multiple Choice

Insects are covered by a hard, protect shell called what?

• Compound eye

• Exoskeleton

• Antenna

Multiple Choice

• Antenna

• Abdomen

• Thorax

Multiple Choice

• Thorax

• Antenna

• Abdomen

Multiple Choice

• Head

• Abdomen

• Thorax

Open Ended

What do you know about TAXONOMY?

​Taxonomy - sorting and classifying living organisms. We also refer to it as scientific classification or biological classification.

Taxonomy is a remarkably complex, fluid science. Taxonomists study minute features to identify individual species. They also examine the DNA of organisms, which has led to species being moved from one group to another.

Scientists don’t always agree about where an organism belongs. Groups are constantly being refined and organisms are continually moving from one group to another!

Multiple Choice

The science of describing, classifying, and naming living things is called:

• Geology

• Biology

• Taxonomy

• Ecology

Taxonomy & Insect Orders

Taxonomy is a branch of science about the principles of classifying organisms.

​A mnemonic device is a sentence that helps us to memorize a string of words. We want to remember Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, & Species: D, K, P, C, O, F, G, S

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Here are some sentences:

Do Kids Prefer Cheese Over Fried Green Spinach.

Do Koalas Prefer Chocolate Or Fruit, Generally Speaking

Did King Philip Came Over For Good Spaghetti

Daily Keeping Precious Creatures Organized For Grumpy Scientists

​Mnemonic Device

Biological Classification is the way scientists use to categorize and organize all of life. It can help to distinguish how similar or different living organisms are to each other.

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Biological classification works a bit like the library does.

Scientific Classification

Multiple Choice

Organisms in this smallest taxonomic group share many characteristics.

• domain

• kingdom

• species

• class

Multiple Choice

Which 2 organisms would be able to reproduce and produce fertile offspring?

• 2 organisms in the same class

• 2 organisms in the same family

• 2 organisms in the same genus

• 2 organisms in the same species

Multiple Choice

What is the correct order of taxonomy?

• Kingdom, phylum, class, species, genus, family, class

• Species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom

• Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species

• species, phylum, order, class, kingdom, family, genus

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the first level of classification?

• Species

• Phylum

• Kingdom

• Domain

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Multiple Choice

The plural of phylum is phyla (not phylums) ! What group are phyla subdivided into?

• Domains

• Classes

• Orders

• Families

Both Bacteria and Archaea are prokaryotes, single-celled microorganisms with no nuclei.

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Eukarya includes us and all other animals, plants, fungi, and single-celled protists – all organisms whose cells have nuclei to enclose their DNA apart from the rest of the cell.

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​Tree of Life

​Members of this domain have eukaryotic cells, which means, their cells are more complex and have a nucleus. They are divided into 4 KINGDOMS: Protists, Fungi, Plants, & Animals

Eukarya

​""True bacteria" are single celled organisms. They are prokaryotic cells, which means their cells are very small, simple, and DO NOT have a nucleus. These cells are found everywhere, including in and on you!

Bacteria

​"Old bacteria" are also unicellular & prokaryotic but they often live in extreme environments like the deep-sea vents of our oceans and other inhospitable places.

​​Archae

​3 Domains

Multiple Choice

An example of an unicellular organism would be:

• monkey

• bacteria

• spider

• human

Multiple Choice

I am prokaryotic and am found everywhere. What domain do I belong to?

• Bacteria

• Archaebacteria

• Fungi

• Protista

Multiple Select

According to our latest classification system, what are the 3 domains of life?

• Eukarya

• Insects

• Bacteria (Eubacteria)

• Archaea

Multiple Choice

This organism is multicellular, heterotrophic, & has a cell wall made of chitin. What kingdom does it belong in?

• fungi

• plantae

• animalia

• protista

​Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Mammalia

Order: Primates

Family: Hominidae

Genus: Homo

Species: sapiens

​Classification for Humans

​An organism's scientific name is its genus + it species. For example, your scientific name is Homo sapiens

​Humans all belong to the domain - Eukarya

​In biology, binomial nomenclature is how organisms are named. Their unique, "scientific name" is made of two parts: the genus and the species.

Binomial nomenclature means "two-part name" or "system of two-part names".

The person who popularized this system for use was Swedish botanist and physician Carolus Linnaeus (1707–1778).

The system ended the use of local common names, which was the source of much confusion.​

​1. Use italics.

2. Genus 1st, capitalized

3. species 2nd, not capitalized

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Ursus martimus​

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Multiple Choice

Who first proposed binomial nomenclature as a way of classifying organisms?

• Carolus Linnaeus

• Aristotle

• Charles Darwin

• Louis Pasteur

Multiple Choice

Which of the following scientific names is written correctly? Assume all are in italics!

• Homo Sapien

• Homo sapien

• homo sapien

• Homosapien

Multiple Choice

The scientific name for an organism is made from the:

• class and family name

• genus and species name

• domain and kingdom name

• kingdom and phylum name

Kingdom - Animal

Phylum - Arthropods

Class - Insecta

Orders - 29 or more!​ depending on which system is used.

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Class Insecta is divided into two sub-classes called the Apterygota (wingless insects) and the Pterygota (winged insects)

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Insect Classification

Insect Orders

• • Biting and Sucking lice (Order: Phthiraptera)

  • Booklice and Barklice (Order: Psocoptera)

  • Cockroaches (Order: Blattodea)

  • Dragonflies and Damselflies (Order: Odonata)

  • Earwigs (Order: Dermaptera)

  • Grasshoppers and Crickets (Order: Orthoptera)

  • Praying Mantids (Order: Mantodea)

  • Mayflies (Order: Ephemeroptera)

  • Stick insects and Leaf insects (Order: Phasmatodea)

  • Stoneflies (Order: Plecoptera)

  • Termites (Previously Order: Isoptera but now part of Order: Blattodea)

  • Thrips (Order: Thysanoptera)

  • True Bugs (Order: Hemiptera)

  • Web-spinners (Order: Embioptera)

  • Zorapterans (Order: Zoraptera)​

​Insects Orders

• Alderflies, Dobsonflies & Fishflies (Order: Megaloptera)

• Bees, Wasps and Ants (Order: Hymenoptera)

• Beetles (Order: Coleoptera)

• Butterflies and Moths (Order: Lepidoptera)

• Caddisflies (Order: Trichoptera)

• Fleas (Order: Siphonaptera)

• Flies (Order: Diptera)

• Lacewings, Antlions & Mantidflies (Order: Neuroptera)

• Scorpionflies (Order: Mecoptera)

• Snakeflies (Order: Raphidioptera)

• Strepsipterans (Order: Strepsiptera)

Multiple Choice

This order contains grasshoppers, crickets, and katydids.

• Odonata

• Orthoptera

• Hemiptera

• Coleoptera

Multiple Choice

Some members of this order are said to be able to survive nuclear fallout. They are actually important decomposers in the environment.

• Coleoptera

• Phasmatodea

• Blattodea

• Isoptera