Brain POP Animal Classification

In what ways was Aristotle's classification system similar to the modern one?

• Aristotle divided animal and plant life into separate kingdoms. The modern one does this, also.

• Aristotle and the modern system are both based on two kingdoms.

• Aristotle's system and the modern one is based on the habitats of different animals.

• Aristotle classified whales as fish. So does the the modern system.

What is phylogeny? Choose the best answer.

• The way that different species interact with one another.

• The habitats in which different species live.

• The evolutionary relationship between different species.

• The way animals mature before they are born.

What do archaea and bacteria have in common?

• Their cells have a well defined nuclei.

• They are multi-cellular.

• They are shaped like rods, spheres, and spirals.

• Their cells have no nuclei.

Why weren't archaea classified in their own kingdom until recently?

• Because scientists believed they were animals.

• Because scientists didn't know they existed.

• Because scientists didn't believe they were different from bacteria.

• Because scientists were still using Aristotle's classification system.

How are fungi different from plants?

• Plants make their own food, fungi do not.

• Plants grow from the earth, fungi do not.

• Plants have stems, fungi do not.

• Fungi reproduce asexually, plants cannot.

If you wanted to find archaea, where would you look?

• Inside your intestines

• On the forest floor

• In trenches at the bottom of the ocean

• On the leaves of plants

Bacteria are omnipresent on earth. What does this mean?

• They can be found almost anywhere.

• They can make you sick

• They live only in extreme conditions

• They come in a variety of different shapes

How are protists classified?

• By how they get food

• By how they reproduce

• By where they live

• By how well developed their nuclei is

The hyphae of fungi are most similar to what parts of plants?

• The leaves

• The trunks

• The stems

• The roots

Where can you find cellulose?

• In the genetic material of archaea

• In the cell membranes of animals

• In the cell wall of plants

• In the nuclei of protists