Classification And Virus Review Stations Sheet With Answers
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4Station #1: Taxonomy
Examine the table showing the classification of four organisms. The answer the questions.
Taxon
Green Frog
Mountain Lion
Domestic Dog
Human
Kingdom
Animalia
Animalia
Animalia
Animalia
Chordata
Chordata
Chordata
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Amphibia
Mammalia
Mammalia
Mammalia
Order
Anura
Carnivora
Carnivora
Primates
Family
Ranidae
Felidae
Canidae
Hominidae
Genus
Rana
Felis
Canis
Homo
Species
Rana clamitans
Felis concolor
Canis familiaris
Homo sapiens
1. Which taxon includes the most specific characteristics?
Species
2. Which taxon includes the broadest characteristics?
Kingdom
3. Which taxon includes more species, an order or a family?
Order (it is a broader category)
4. Which taxon includes only organisms that can successfully interbreed?
Species
5. If two organisms belong to the same family, what other taxonomic groups do the organisms have in
common?
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order
6. Which two organisms in the chart are most closely related? Explain.
Mountain Lions and Domestic dogs. They are most related because they have more taxa in
common.
7. To which taxa do all four organisms belong?
Kingdom (they are all animals) and Phylum (they all have backbones)
8. Which class does not include animals that have hair or fur?
Class Amphibia
9. What is the order, family, and genus of a human?
Primates (order), Hominidea (family), Homo (genus)
10. Using the information in the chart, what can you conclude about the classification taxa of an
organism with the scientific name Rana temporaria?
Rana temporaria is most related to green frogs (Rana clamitans). I know this because they share
the same Genus, which means they also share the same family, order, class, phylum, and
kingdom.
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