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32.4 - Homework - Classification A Brief History: Amoeba Sisters

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One of the earliest known classification systems was created by Aristotle, a Greek philosopher who lived from 384–322 BC. He classified more than 500 species of animals in a book, separating them on the basis of if they had blood (vertebrates) or no blood (invertebrates). His pupil, Theophrastus, wrote a similar piece of work classifying plants.
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Based on the reading, which characteristics did Aristotle use to separate the animals into groups?

Sentence Starter: Aristotle separated on animals on the basis of..

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What were the names of the groups in the two kingdom system?

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Research what an invertebrate animal is!

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Research what a vertebrate animal is!

Many years later, the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778) described a 2-kingdom system of living things: animalia and plantae (he also described a third, non-living kingdom of minerals). Linnaeus devised a nested hierarchical system for classifying groups of organisms based on their similarities. He had five levels of classification: Kingdom, Class, Order, Genera and Species.
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Carl Linnaeus many years later, created 5 levels of classification. List them below in order. The first one is done for you.

1. Kingdom
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This system has been modified over the years, with additional levels of classification added. There have since been 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 kingdom systems proposed. There is still not consensus within the scientific community on which system to use (most modern textbooks refer to the 5 or 6 kingdom system).
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Taxonomy includes the _______ and classification of species.
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As we learn more about _______, how we classify organisms continues to change.

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With the correct spelling what are the three major Domains that all life is separated into?

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Pause the video here and write down what you see in the video as the main characteristics of prokaryotes.

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Bacteria are both ____________ and harmful to us. For example, harmful bacteria can make us _________ . Helpful bacteria include ones that help us ___________ food. There is also bacteria that helps fix nitrogen for uptake by ___________ .
Word Bank: plants sick digest helpful
Other Answer Choices:
rude
pungent
helpful
digest
sick
plants
crude
stick
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Archaea are _____________ meaning that they like extremes

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Halophiles are archaea that like

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Methanogens can live where there is...

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Thermophile archaea live where there are..

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Pause the video and write down the characteristics that all eukaryotes have.

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Pause the video and record the 5 kingdoms of eukaryotes.

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Protista include ones that are _______ meaning that they make their own food. They also include _______ which consume other animals for energy.

Word Bank:
lopinotes
heterotrophs
autotrophs
artichokes
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All fungi are _______ meaning they get their energy from feeding on other organisms. Fungi have _______ made up of chitin, which is a carbohydrate that protects them. Fungi may be _______ or unicellular.

Word bank:
plots
multicellular
heterotrophs
cell walls
crusty
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Plants are _______ because they make their own energy from the Sun. Most plants are _______ as they have many cells. Both plants and fungi have cell walls; however, fungi cell walls are made of _______ and plants cell walls are made of _______ .

Word Bank:
really fross
chitin
cellulose
multicellular
autotrophs
polite
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As we move down the hierarchy levels, the characteristics in the groups become..

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Because the species level is the most specific you can get, it is the...

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The first word in the scientific name of an animal is the _______ . Notice that the first letter is _______ . The genus name is written in _______ .

Word bank:
genus
capitalized
italics
lowercase
bold
normal
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The second word in an animals scientific name is the _______ (or specific epithet). It starts with a _______ letter. It is also written in _______ .

Word Bank:
lowercase
species
italics
uppercase
bold
normal
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There are many common names for animals like puma, mountain lion, cougar, texas panther. But the scientific name (Puma concolar) of an animal is specific and recognized...

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Research any animal or plant!!! Find out the animals or plants, kingdom, domain, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species.

Then create an infographic with all of that information.