Lab 1 Classification

Question 1

Know the order of taxonomic classification. What is your taxonomical classification

Answer 1

Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
-Eukarya, Animalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Primates, Homindae, Homo, sapiens

Question 2

What is the difference between the common name and scientific name for a species. How do you write the scientific name of a species?

Answer 2

• A common name is regional and a scientific name allows scientists to unambiguously refer to a species
• genus is first then species and is italicized. Genus is capitalized species is not

Question 3

What are the 2 different cells, how do they differ from each other?

Answer 3

• prokaryotic and eukaryotic
• prokaryotic has a cell wall, nucleoid, and don’t have membrane bound organelles, are small and simple
• eukaryotic have a nucleus, no cell wall, have membrane bound organelles, large and complex

Question 4

4 kingdoms of eukarya

Answer 4

• plantae: multicellular, colonial, or single celled, autotrophic
• Animalia: multicellular, they move, heterotrophic
• Fungi: multicellular is decor for yeast, don’t move, heterotrophic
• Protista: multicellular/colonial/single celled, some move, some don’t, some are autotrophic, some are heterotrophic

Question 5

What are the 3 types of symmetry that organisms can have? Give an example for each type

Answer 5

• Asymmetry: lack of symmetry (sponges)
• Bilateral: can divide into 2 equal halves: cat
• Radial: multiple planes, will divide into 2 equal halves (starfish)

Question 6

Anterior

Answer 6

Front end

Question 7

Posterior

Answer 7

Rear end

Question 8

Dorsal

Answer 8

Back/top

Question 9

Ventral

Answer 9

Belly/bottom

Question 10

Longitudinal

Answer 10

Separates left and right

Question 11

Frontal

Answer 11

Separates dorsal and ventral

Question 12

Cross

Answer 12

Separates anterior and posterior

Question 13

Difference between a mono, para, and poly group

Answer 13

• Monophyletic: has a common ancestor and all of its descendants
• polyphyletic: no common ancestor
• para: common ancestor and some of descendants

Question 14

What adjustment do you use on the highest setting of a microscope

Answer 14

Never use coarse adjustment use fine adjustment

Question 15

What is the scanning lens

Answer 15

At 4x always use it first it has the highest field of vision

Question 16

Lens of a microscope

Answer 16

• Scanning: (4x) total is (40x)
• low power: (10x) total is (100x)
• high power: (40x) total is (400x)

Question 17

How to put away a microscope

Answer 17

1. Lower the stage
2. Switch back to 4x
3. Put light to lowest setting
4. Wrap cord around
5. Turn it off
6. Put away