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Classification Station Lab. Station 1. Fish Identification. Fish A: Bluegill. Fish B Northern Pike. Station 2. Animalia Chordata Mammalia Carnivora Felidae Felis concolor. Animalia Chordata Mammalia Primate Hominidae Homo sapien. Animalia Chordata Mammalia Carnivora
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Station 1 • Fish Identification
Fish A: Bluegill
Fish B Northern Pike
Animalia Chordata Mammalia Carnivora Felidae Felis concolor Animalia Chordata Mammalia Primate Hominidae Homo sapien Animalia Chordata Mammalia Carnivora Canidae Canis familiaris Animalia Chordata Amphibia Anura Ranidae Rana clamitans Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Which taxon includes the most specific characteristics? Which taxon includes the broadest characteristic? Which includes only organisms that can successfully interbreed? If 2 organisms belong to the same family, what other taxonomic groups do the organisms have in common? Which 2 organisms in the chart are most closely related? Explain. To which taxa do all 4 organisms belong ? Which class does not include animals that have hair or fur? What is the order, family and genus of the human?
Station 3 Fish A Family Isuridae
Fish B: Family Rhinocodontidae
Station 4 Fictitious Organisms • Kingdom Plant or Animal • Phylum Actual or Pseudo • Class Type of Habitat • Land , Air or Water • Order Kind of appendages • Legs, wheels, tentacles or fins • Family Body covering • Smooth, hair or scales • Genus Number of appendages • Species Head adornment • None, antennae, spike, two horned
Fictitious organism A: Six spike or Six spike
Fictitious Organism B: Four none or Four none
Station 5 A B C D E F G H • Why would Aristotle place E and J together? • Why would Aristotle place A and H together? • According to Aristotle which two plants would have been grouped together and why? • Which two animals are most closely related based on the modern day system? I J
Station 6 G. Lactrodectus hasselti
Station 7 A B C D E F G H Living things Animals Plants Legs No legs 6 legs 8 legs No wings Wings Feelers No feelers 2 feelers 4 feelers Stinger No stinger
Station 8 Animal Animal Animal Plant Chordata Chordata Arthropoda Tracheophyta Mammalia Reptilia Insecta Angiospermae Primates Chelonia Diptera Fagales Hominidae Emydidat Culicidae Fagaceae Homo Terrapene Theobaldia Quercus Sapien carolina anulata alba • Which organisms are most closely related and why? • Most specific characteristic humans have in common with the turtle? • Most specific characteristic humans have in common with the insect? • Most specific characteristic humans have in common with the tree? • What is the turtle’s correct scientific name? • Explain the advantage of using scientific names or common names.
Station 9 A B C D Animalia Animalia Animalia Animalia Chordata Arthropoda Arthropoda Chordata Mammalia Insecta Crustacea Mammalia Cetacea Orthoptera Decapoda Rodentia Megapteridae Acrididae Homaridae Sciuridae Megaptera Dissosteria Cancer Tomaiascurus novaeangliae longipennis gracilia hudsonicus • Which pairs would Aristotle have placed together? • Why? • Which pairs would modern day classification have placed together? • Why? • List in order, from broadest to the most specific, the divisions of classification.
Station 10 Phylum Mollusca Class Cephalopoda tentacles lives in salt water soft bodied Phylum Arthropoda -subphylum crustacea -has exoskeleton -jointed appendages -are aquatic Phylum Echinodermata Lives in salt water Five part radial symmetry Tube feet/water vascular system Phylum Platyhelminthes -flat worms -parasites -show cephalization ( head region)
Station 11 What is a zedonk? Why is it such a surprise? Why is it so rare for wild animals to interbreed? Which hybrid is fertile? Why is this considered to be a problem? What is it called when nature stops interbreeding? How many chromosomes does a mule have? Why does this make it sterile? What problems do many hybrids have?