Taxonomy and Dichotomous Key Review

A team of students encounters an unknown organism in a field while conducting a biodiversity study. Some students think the organism is a plant, while others think it is a fungus. Which question should the students investigate to classify the organism correctly?

• Is there a cell wall around the cells of the organism?

• Does the organism perform photosynthesis?

• Is there nervous tissue present in the organism?

• Does the organism reproduce sexually?

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NGSS.MS-LS1-1

NGSS.MS-LS1-6

The science of identifying, classifying, and naming living things.

• Taxonomy

• Fungus

• Producer

• Consumer

Grouping things based on similarities and differences.

• Plant

• Animal

• Classification

• Archeabacteria

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS4-2

A tool to help identifiy an unknown organism.

• Carl Linnaeus

• Binomial Nomenclature

• Archaebacteria

• Dichotomous Key

The naming system Carl Linneaus developed.

• Binomial Nomenclature

• Animal Name

• Fungi group

• Scientific name

Swedish botanist and founder of the modern binomial classification system for plants and animals.

• Binomial Nomenclature

• Carl Linnaeus

• Plant Kingdom

• Eukaryotic Cells

Two write a scientific name, you use the ____ and ____ classification levels.

• Genus

• Family

• Domain

• Species

Scientists name organisms using the genus and species levels. (i.e. Panthera leo - lion)

• Multicellular

• Common Name

• Taxonomy

• Scientific Name

Junk drawer kingdom. Has a nucleus, and some move, mostly single-celled. Plant-like, animal-like, fungi-like.

• Fungi

• Protista

• Animal

• Plant

This kingdom grows on things and breaks them down. They absorb their nutrients. They are mostly multicelled and cannot move.

• Fungi

• Protista

• Animal

• Plant

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3