Taxonomy and Classification

Multiple Select

In the G₁ phase, the cell grows by making _________, ________, and ________.

• carbohydrates

• new cells

• proteins

• lipids

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exit the G₁ phase to enter the G₀ phase.

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Nerve cells

Muscle cells

Brain cells

Skin cells

Heart cells

Multiple Choice

Where do the DNA strands unzip at during replication?

• Oxygen bonds

• Hydrogen bonds

• Carbon bonds

• Phosphate bonds

Multiple Choice

What is the segment of DNA that specifies a protein and/or an RNA molecule?

• Gene Expression

• Transcription

• Translation

• Gene

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protein.

ribosomes

DNA.

mRNA.

organisms

Taxonomy and Classification

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• Taxonomy - how organisms are grouped.

• There are eight groups!

• The groups start with the least specific to most specific.

Taxonomy

Multiple Choice

What is the order of the taxonomic levels from least specific to most specific?

• Kingdom, Family, Species, Order, Class, Phylum, Genus

• Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

• Species, Order, Kingdom, Family, Genus, Phylum, Class

• Species, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom

Multiple Choice

Which of the following organisms are LEAST closely related?

• organisms that share a domain

• organisms that share a family 

• organisms that share a genus 

• organisms that share a species 

Reorder

Place the following classification in the correct sequence?

Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, ...?

• Family

• Class

• Order

• Species

• Genus

1

2

3

4

5

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4
• 5

• Organisms are named based off of a two-name system (binomial nomenclature)

• Binomial nomenclature = Genus + species

Scientific Names

• The first word in the name is the genus and is ALWAYS capitalized AND italicized.

• The second word is the species and is ALWAYS lowercase AND italicized.

Scientific Names

Multiple Choice

Which scientific name is TYPED correctly?

• carcharhinus melanopterus

• Carcharhinus Melanopterus

• Carcharhinus melanopterus

• Carcharhinus melanopterus

Multiple Choice

What is the largest group?

• Domain

• Kingdom

• Genus

• Species

Multiple Select

Which groups are used in a scientific name?

• Domain

• Genus

• Phylum

• Species

• Class

Dichotomous Key - allows unknown organisms to be identified by their characteristics.

Dichotomous Key

Cladogram - a branching tree that shows the relationships between species.

Cladograms

Multiple Choice

Which organism's DNA will differ the most from the bird?

• Rodents

• Raufinned fish

• Sharks

• Amphibians

Multiple Choice

What characteristics do all of these animals have in common?

• Vertebrate

• Lungs

• Endothermic

• Mammal

Multiple Choice

What do both the squirrel and lion have in common that the other animals do not?

• They are both vertebrates

• They both have lungs

• They are both mammals

• They both lose their canine teeth.