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Taxonomy Worksheet: Taxon Green Frog Mountain Lion Domestic Dog Human

The document is a taxonomy worksheet for 9th-grade biology that includes a table showing the classification of four organisms: Green Frog, Mountain Lion, Domestic Dog, and Human. It contains questions related to the classification hierarchy, including taxonomic groups and relationships among the organisms. The worksheet aims to help students understand the Linnaean classification system and the specific characteristics of different taxa.

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Taxonomy Worksheet: Taxon Green Frog Mountain Lion Domestic Dog Human

The document is a taxonomy worksheet for 9th-grade biology that includes a table showing the classification of four organisms: Green Frog, Mountain Lion, Domestic Dog, and Human. It contains questions related to the classification hierarchy, including taxonomic groups and relationships among the organisms. The worksheet aims to help students understand the Linnaean classification system and the specific characteristics of different taxa.

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9th Biology – Classification of Organisms

April 27 – May 1
Student Name: ____________________________________
Taxonomy Worksheet
Directions: Examine the table below showing the classification of four organisms. Then answer
Examine the table showing the classification of four organisms. Then answer the questions.
the questions.

Taxon Green Frog Mountain Lion Domestic Dog Human


Kingdom Animalia Animalia Animalia Animalia
Phylum Chordata Chordata Chordata 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? ____________________________________
2. Which taxon includes the broadest characteristics? ________________________________________
3. Which taxon includes more species, an order or a family? ___________________________________
4. Which taxon includes only organisms that can successfully interbreed? ________________________
5. If two organisms belong to the same family, what other taxonomic groups do the organisms have in
common?
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6. Which two organisms in the chart are most closely related? Explain.
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7. To which taxa do all four organisms belong?
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8. Which class does not include animals that have hair or fur? _________________________________
9. What is the order, family, and genus of a human?
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10. In the the
10. Using space below, draw
information in thea chart,
diagram showing
what can youthe levels about
conclude of classification in thetaxa
the classification Linnaean
of an
system. Remember the phrase, “King Philip Came Over For Good Soup!” This will help you
organism with the scientific name Rana temporaria?
remember the levels in order from largest (most diverse – Kingdom) to most specific (a single
genetic organism in a population – species)!
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