🔴02.21 Animal Classification #2

Multiple Choice

Scientists believe the first living animals were:

• Insects that lived on land

• Sponges that lived in water

• Dinosaurs that lived on land

• Jellyfish that lived in water

Multiple Choice

Scientists believe that animals evolved from:

• Singular bacteria

• Singular plants

• Colonial fungi

• Colonial protists

Multiple Choice

Which trait evolved first?

• Vertebral column

• Jaw bones

• Four legged locomotion

• Hair

Multiple Choice

How many characteristics does the grouper have in common with the salamander?

• 1

• 2

• 3

• 4

Multiple Choice

Which organism is considered the outgroup?

• Turtle

• Lancelot

• Wolf

• Lamprey

Multiple Choice

What determines which organism is the out-group?

• It has none of the characteristics shared by the other organisms in the chart

• It has all of the characteristics shared by the other organisms in the chart

• It is the lowest (on the bottom)

• It is the highest (at the top)

Multiple Choice

Use the dichotomous key to determine the scientific name of the Alien #1 (green).

• Allienus stripicus

• Allienus quadlegicus

• Allienus fuzzicus

• Allienus blobicus

Multiple Choice

Use the dichotomous key to determine the scientific name of the Alien #3 (purple).

• Allienus stripicus

• Allienus quadlegicus

• Allienus fuzzicus

• Allienus blobicus

Multiple Choice

Use the dichotomous key to determine the scientific name of the Alien #5 (pink).

• Allienus stripicus

• Allienus quadlegicus

• Allienus fuzzicus

• Allienus tritoothicus

Fill in the Blanks

Match

Match each branch of science to its correct description.

• Study of amphibians and reptiles

• Study of birds

• Study of mammals

• Study of fish

• Study of insects

Herpetology

Ornithology

Mammalogy

Ichthyology

Entomology

• Herpetology

• Ornithology

• Mammalogy

• Ichthyology

• Entomology

Match

Match each branch of science to its correct description.

• The study of clssifying living organisms

• The study of animals

• The study of similarities and differences in animal morphology

• The study of how organisms interact with each other and the environment

• The study of animals that live on and harm other organisms

Taxonomy

Zoology

Comparative anatomy

Ecology

Parasitology

• Taxonomy

• Zoology

• Comparative anatomy

• Ecology

• Parasitology

Match

Match each Phylum to its member organisms

• Sponges

• Sand dollars, sea stars, sea urchins

• Roundworms

• Earthworms, leeches

• Coral, jellyfish, sea anemones

Porifera

Echinodermata

Nematoda

Annelida

Cnidaria

• Porifera

• Echinodermata

• Nematoda

• Annelida

• Cnidaria

Match

Match each Phylum to its member organisms

• Clams, octopuses, slugs, snails and squid

• Arachnids, crustaceans, insects

• Amphibians, birds, fish, mammals, reptiles

• Flatworms

Mollusca

Arthropoda

Chordata

Platyhelminthes

• Mollusca

• Arthropoda

• Chordata

• Platyhelminthes