Marine Animal Classification

Define taxonomy

• List of all marine animals

• The process of calculating taxes

• The science of classifying living things

• The science of conserving marine species

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Identify why scientists classify living organisms

• It helps to discover more

• To organise the diversity of life

• To better understand the physiology of animals

• It pays well

Identify the kingdom that a shark is in

• Plantae

• Animalia

• Protista

• Fungi

Identify the most complex level of classification

• Kingdom

• Phylum

• Family

• Species

Identify the level of classification that comes directly before (less complex than) family

• kingdom

• phylum

• class

• order

If the animal being assessed with the pictured dichotomous key has a rounded mantle what would it be?

• Unsure, need to go to 7

• octopus

• squid

• cuttlefish

Determine which organisms are most closely related

• Enaliarcotos and Otariidae

• Phocidae and Enaliarcotos

• Phocidae and Desmatophocidae

• Pteronarctos and Phocidae

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NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Identify which phylum a jellyfish belongs

• Porifera

• Cnidaria

• Platyhelminthes

• Chordata

If an animal's body contains and muscular foot and a mantle which phylum does it belong to?

• Porifera

• Nematoda

• Mollusca

• Chordata

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

Identify which of the following phyla the pictured animal belongs to

• Nematoda

• Annelida

• Platyhelminthes

• Arthropoda

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2