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Classification of Life WebQuest


Use the images and websites below to help you answer the questions. good luck on your quest!
Part 1--Biological Classification
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Question 1
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Question 2
2.

What does the word "Species" mean in Latin?

Question 3
3.

Part 2--Ology: The Tree of Life
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Question 4
4.

What is the word for the type of diagram scientists use to show how species are related (MUST SPELL CORRECTLY TO GET CREDIT)

Explore the groups shown on the cladogram to answer these questions.
Question 5
5.

Match each group to the percentage of the world's organisms that are classified into that group.

Question 6
6.

Which animal group makes up the largest percentage of the world's oragnisms? (MUST SPELL CORRECTLY TO GET CREDIT)

Question 7
7.

What protein do all animals have in common? (MUST SPELL CORRECTLY TO GET CREDIT)
(HINT: Hover over the yellow dots on the cladogram)

Question 8
8.

Question 9
9.

What structure do eukaryotes have in their cells? (MUST SPELL CORRECTLY TO GET CREDIT)
(HINT: Hover over the yellow dots on the cladogram OR remember EU rhymes with DO...)

Question 10
10.

Part 3--Ology: It Takes All Kinds
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Question 11
11.

Answer the questions in the quiz at the bottom of the website above to read about different oragnisms. Then, match the organism to the kingdom it belongs to.

Part 4--Classifying Critters
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Question 12
12.

Click the GOLDEN EAGLE on the website above to start the online activity.
Complete the following statements as you work through the activity.
Question 13
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Question 15
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Question 16
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Question 17
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Part 5--Taxonomy
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Question 18
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Question 19
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Question 20
20.

What do archaea and bacteria domains have in common?

Question 21
21.

What TWO terms are used for an organism's binomial name? (SELECT TWO THINGS OR GET IT WRONG)
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Who first proposed a system for classifying organisms?
Charles Darwin
Yo momma
Linnaeus
Aristotle
What are tetrapods?
(HINT: Hover over the yellow dots on the cladogram)
Animals with four limbs
Animals with two side-by-side openings in the roof of their mouths
Animals with two openings behind their eyes in their skulls
Into what group would humans be classified?
True bacteria
Green plants
Echinoderms
Mammals
What is the name for the group of animals with a backbone?
Spinae
Invertebrates
Vertebrates
Backbonia
What do all birds have in common?
All birds have teeth, a backbone, and feathers
All birds have feathers, wings, and are cold blooded
All birds have beaks, wings, and feathers
What do all amphibians have in common?
All amphibians are cold-blooded, born in water, and breathe through their skin and lungs or gills.
All amphibians have scales, breathe through their lungs or gills, and are cold-blooded
All amphibians lay eggs, have backbones, and claws.
Do you know what all mammals have in common?
Mammals are warm-blooded, nurse their young, and breathe through their gills.
Mammals are warm-blooded, breathe through their lungs, and nurse their young.
Mammals lay eggs, have a backbone, and are warm-blooded.
What do all fish have in common?
Fish are warm-blooded, have scales, and breathe through their gills.
Fish lay eggs, have a backbone, and breathe through gills.
Fish have scales, a backbone, and breathe through gills.
What do all reptiles have in common?
Reptiles have scales, are warm-blooded, and live in water or on land
Reptiles are cold-blooded, have scales, and breathe only through their lungs.
All reptiles lay eggs, have a backbone, and are cold-blooded.
What is the correct order from most general to most specific?
Genus, Species, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom, Domain
Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
Species, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom, Domain
Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Domain, Kingdom, Genus, Species
What are the THREE domains? (MUST PICK THREE TO GET FULL CREDIT)
Bacteria
Eukaryota
Animalia
Archaea
Which domain do we fall in?
Archaea
Bacteria
Eukaryota