Chapter 15 - Classification

1. Fill out the table below with at least 2 examples for each group.

	Animalia	Plantae	Fungi	Eubacteria	Archaebacteria	Protists
Examples

2. A whitefooted mouse has the latin name: Preomyscus leucopus. It is in the same calss as lions and humans. It is a rodent that belongs to the family Cricetidae. Fill out the table below for the taxonomy of the white footed mouse.

	Kingdom	_______________________________________
	Phylum	_______________________________________
	Class	_______________________________________
	Order	_______________________________________
	Family	_______________________________________
	Genus	_______________________________________
	Species	_______________________________________

3. Why do the animals on the chart all have the same first name?

Would you expect an animal with the name Rania concolor to look similar to a mountain lion? Why or why not?

4. Organisms that belong to the same class must belong to the same: (answer yes or no)

_________ Order _________ Phylum ___________ Kingdom __________ Family

5. Identify which Kingdom the following organisms should be classified into:

a. Unicellular, has chloroplasts, swims in pond water ____________________________

b. Multicellular and autotrophic ____________________________

c. Unicellular, heterotrophic, no membrane-bound nucleus ____________________________

d. Unicellular, heterotrophic, eukaryotic ______________________________

e. Prokaryote, lives in volcanic ash ____________________________

f. Multicellular, heterotrophic _____________________________