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Animal Classification

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    Classify vertebrates by looking at them. Are they fish, reptiles, mammals, birds or amphibians?
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  • Is this animal a mammal, amphibian, reptile, bird or fish?
    amphibian
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  • Is this animal a mammal, amphibian, reptile, bird or fish?
    mammal
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  • Is this animal a mammal, amphibian, reptile, bird or fish?
    fish
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  • Is this animal a mammal, amphibian, reptile, bird or fish?
    bird
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  • Is this animal a mammal, amphibian, reptile, bird or fish?
    reptile
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  • Who is the "Father of Taxonomy?"
    Carl Linnaeus
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  • Which two taxa together make up a scientific name?
    Genus + species
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  • What is the scientific name of humans?
    Homo sapiens
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  • What are the two groups of ANIMALS?
    vertebrates and invertebrates
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  • What traits do you have that CANNOT be inherited from your parents?
    Many answers
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  • What is “variation”?
    The differences in organisms from the same parents.(brothers and sisters have different traits)
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  • Why are siblings similar but not exactly the same?
    They inherit a unique set of chromosomes from each parent.
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  • Why do we need to classify organisms?
    It helps us to identify the diversity, find out the ancestry and relationships, understand and study each species better.
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  • What does it mean to be in the same species?
    Share similar characteristics and produce fertile offsprings
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  • What are the 8 major taxonomic groups?
    Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus and Species
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  • What does it mean to have variation the same species?
    To share common and different characteristics
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