Taxonomic Classification Activity - Marcus Reid



Taxonomic Classification Activity

1. Log on to the computer and click on Internet Explorer

2. You should be on BHS home page.

3. Go to

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4. Use these web site to help fill in the Chordata table and answer the questions below the table.

5. After you are done with the table go to and click on the textbook link and go to the on-line textbook website.

6. In the “View Page” box type 464.

7. Print out and complete “Vocabulary Review A” and “Vocabulary Review B”

8. All work is due tomorrow (classwork grade/assessment).

|Animal |Class |Order |Family |Scientific Name |

|(common name) | | | |(Genus and species) |

|American alligator |  |Crocodylia |  |  |

|Chimpanzee |  |  |  |Pan troglodytes |

|Spotted owl |Aves |  |  |  |

|Sea otter |  |  |Mustelidae |  |

|Raccoon |  |  |Procyonidae |  |

|Human |Mammalia |Primates |Homindae |Homo sapiens |

Chordata Classification Questions

1. What three classes of organisms are represented on the Chordata Classification Table?

2. What is the name of the animal that is a member of the class Aves?

3. How many animals are in the class Mammalia? What are their names?

4. Name two members of the order Carnivora.

5. At which level do the two members of Carnivora first differ?

6. Name two members of the order Primates.

7. What levels do the two members of the order Carnivora share? At which level do they differ?

8. Which two animals in the table are farthest from humans on the evolutionary tree? Explain your reasoning.

9. Which animal in the table is closest to humans on the evolutionary tree? Explain your reasoning.

10. What are the seven levels of taxonomic classification?

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