Classify the following organisms based on their characteristics

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Classification Scavenger Hunt
Classify the following organisms based on their
characteristics
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Game Set-up

• Textbooks
• Pen or Pencil
• Sit with your partner.

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Slide 1
Characteristics Most diverse kingdom. Eukaryotes
that are not fungi, plants or animals.
List the 2 specific examples.
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List the 2 environments you can find these in.
Slide 2
Characteristics Prokaryotic cells Can live in
extreme environments Cell wall does not contain
peptidoglycan
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Characteristics Has roots, stems
leaves Reproduce with spores Ferns (most common
type) Club Mosses, Horsetails, Whisk
Ferns
Slide 3
How do these obtain energy?
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Slide 4
Definition of Hyphae (use your book)?
Characteristics Most are multicellular with
hyphae
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Characteristics Has a phyla with mostly
insects Exoskeleton Heterotrophs
Slide 5
In what phylum would these organisms be found?
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Slide 6
What makes this Kingdom different from Plantae?
Characteristics Decomposers Lack chlorophyll
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Slide 7
In what domain are these found?
Characteristics Prokaryotic cells Some cause
diseases and decay. 3 basic shapes
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Slide 8
In what phylum do all these organisms belong?
Can move Heterotrophic Macroscopic
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Slide 9
What makes this Kingdom different from the
Kingdom that contains yeast?

Slime molds / Sporozoans
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Slide 10
In which phyla would you find ascocarps like
mildews, yeasts, and morels ?
Characteristics Heterotrophs - Saprophytes live
on dead organisms Parasites
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Slide 11
Characteristics Have to eat food Macroscopic Mult
icellular
What is the name of the group within this Kingdom
that has an internal skeleton?
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Characteristics Cannot move from place to
place Pines and spruces
What Domain do these organisms belong to- and why?
Slide 12
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Slide 13
Characteristics Do not have tissues Specialized
cells Sessile
What Phylum?
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Characteristics spiny skinned Most can
regenerate limbs
Slide 14
What Phylum are these organisms found in? List an
example.
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Slide 15
Classification Scavenger Hunt
What Phylum are these organisms in?
Characteristics Does not have tissues Specialized
cells
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What Domain? Why?
Characteristics Angiosperms Produce seeds
and flowers Fruit enable the dispersal of seeds
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Slide 17
Characteristics Some parasitic. Some free
living. Ribbonlike bodies.
What Phylum? Give 2 examples.
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What Phylum?
Slide 18
Characteristics Very diverse phylum External
skeleton Jointed appendages
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Slide 19
What Kingdom are these organisms in?
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Slide 20
What Phylum? Name 2 examples.