Classification

Question 1

What is binomial nomenclature

Answer 1

Naming system

Genus species in italics

Question 2

How is a “species” defined

Answer 2

A group of organisms which can interbreed and produce fertile offspring

Question 3

LIST THE THINGOS IN ORDER

Answer 3

Domain 
Kingdom 
Phylum 
Class 
Order
Family 
Genus 
Species

Question 4

5 kingdoms

Answer 4

Animalia
Plantae
Fungi 
Protista 
Monera

Question 5

Phylums in Animalia

Answer 5

Vertebrates/Chordata 
Invertebrates/Arthropoda
Annelids
Nematode 
Molluscs

Question 6

Classes and features in vertebrates

Answer 6

Mammal - four pendactyl limbs, hair/fur on skin, gives birth to live babies, pinna on ear, lungs for breathing, mammary glands for milk
Fish - lateral line in body to detect vibrations, fins, scale on body, jelly-covered egg, gills for breathing
Amphibian - lungs as adults and gills as young, webbed feet, 4 pendactyl limbs, moist skin, jelly-covered eggs, larval live in water
Reptile - 4 pendactyl limbs except snakes , rough scaly skin, lungs for breathing, cold blooded, eggs with rubbery waterproof shell laid on land
Bird - 4 pendactyl limbs but 2 as wings, feathers, beak, hard shell eggs, scales on feet, lungs with parabronchial tubes

Question 7

Classes and their features in Arthropods

Answer 7

Insects - segmented body, head, thorax, abdomen, 3 pair of legs, some of 2 pairs of wing
Arachnids - 4 pairs of legs, cephalothorax and abdomen, no antennae, some have hair and pincers to sense
Myriapods - many segments, many legs, 1 pair of antennae
Crustaceans - cephalothorax and abdomen, 5 pairs of legs, 2 pairs of antennae, some have hard shell

Question 8

What are the three main features all arthropods have?

Answer 8

Waterproof exoskeleton
Jointed legs
Segmented bodies

Question 9

Features in annelids

Answer 9

Clitellum, chaetae (stiff hair-like thingys to move), cannot always tell from head to tail, segmented body, no antennae

Question 10

Nematode features

Answer 10

White worms
No obvious head or tail
No antennae
No legs or chaetae

Question 11

Land Molluscs features

Answer 11

Land mollusc snails and slugs
Outer protective shell for snails and inner for slugs
rough tongue for feeding
Soft bodies

Question 12

Water mollusc features

Answer 12

Oysters and mussels
2 outer protective shell
Gills for feeding

Squid and octopus
Crush and eat prey with 8 tangled legs
Protective shell inside body
Mouth to digest food