B.8(B) Readiness
Hierarchy of taxa is used to classify species into subcategories that are within larger categories
Domain → Kingdom → Phylum → Class → Order → Family → Genus → Species
Did → King → Philip → Come → Over → For → Good → Spaghetti
Evolutionary trees depict clades. A clade is a group of organisms that includes an ancestor and all descendants of that ancestor. You can think of a clade as a branch on the tree of life. Some examples of clades are shown on the tree below.
The red boxes indicate major evolutionary events in the Kingdom Animalia.
For example, the branches above the distinct body plans box, all organisms have bilateral symmetry; from flat worms through vertebrates.
Activity
On a piece of paper, create or write out the Mnemonic device you learned in class for the levels of classification.
Check Your Understanding
Which is the most "general" category of classification?
Which is the least general (most specific) category of classification?
Scientist use _______________domains and ___________________kingdoms to classify living organisms.
Explain how you would read this Cladogram.
Use the cladogram to the right to create 2 questions and answers to go with it.
Practice answering the following STAAR questions
