Taxonomy and Classification

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9th - 12th Grade

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In the G₁ phase, the cell grows by making _________, ________, and ________.

carbohydrates

new cells

proteins

lipids

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exit the G₁phase to enter the G₀ phase.

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Nerve cells

Muscle cells

Brain cells

Skin cells

Heart cells

Multiple Choice

Where do the DNA strands unzip at during replication?

Oxygen bonds

Hydrogen bonds

Carbon bonds

Phosphate bonds

Multiple Choice

What is the segment of DNA that specifies a protein and/or an RNA molecule?

Gene Expression

Transcription

Translation

Gene

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The amino acids form a that will become a

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protein.

ribosomes

DNA.

mRNA.

organisms

Taxonomy and Classification

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Taxonomy - how organisms are grouped.
There are eight groups!
The groups start with the least specific to most specific.

Taxonomy

Multiple Choice

What is the order of the taxonomic levels from least specific to most specific?

Kingdom, Family, Species, Order, Class, Phylum, Genus

Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species

Species, Order, Kingdom, Family, Genus, Phylum, Class

Species, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom

Multiple Choice

Which of the following organisms are LEAST closely related?

organisms that share a domain

organisms that share a family

organisms that share a genus

organisms that share a species

Reorder

Place the following classification in the correct sequence?

Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, ...?

Family

Class

Order

Species

Genus

Organisms are named based off of a two-name system (binomial nomenclature)
Binomial nomenclature = Genus + species

Scientific Names

The first word in the name is the genus and is ALWAYS capitalized AND italicized.
The second word is the species and is ALWAYS lowercase AND italicized.

Scientific Names

Multiple Choice

Which scientific name is TYPED correctly?

carcharhinus melanopterus

Carcharhinus Melanopterus

Carcharhinus melanopterus

Carcharhinus melanopterus

Multiple Choice

What is the largest group?

Domain

Kingdom

Genus

Species

Multiple Select

Which groups are used in a scientific name?

Domain

Genus

Phylum

Species

Class

Dichotomous Key - allows unknown organisms to be identified by their characteristics.

Dichotomous Key

Cladogram - a branching tree that shows the relationships between species.

Cladograms

Multiple Choice

Which organism's DNA will differ the most from the bird?

Rodents

Raufinned fish

Sharks

Amphibians

Multiple Choice

What characteristics do all of these animals have in common?

Vertebrate

Lungs

Endothermic

Mammal

Multiple Choice

What do both the squirrel and lion have in common that the other animals do not?

They are both vertebrates

They both have lungs

They are both mammals

They both lose their canine teeth.

In the G₁ phase, the cell grows by making _________, ________, and ________.

carbohydrates

new cells

proteins

lipids

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