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Massachusetts Science Framework Standard/s

Concepts Objective

Associated Mathematics Skills

Prerequisite skills

Taxonomy

   I. Taxonomy

      A.. Binomial nomenclature

         1. Linnaeus

      B. Hierarchical classification categories

         1. kingdom

         2. phylum

         3. class

         4. order

         5. family

         6. genus

         7. species

     C. Genus and specific epithet

         1. Taxonomic conventions of writing names

  II. Kingdom taxonomy

       A. Archaebacteria

           1. Prokaryote nomenclature

           2. Representative organisms 

       B. Eubacteria

           1. Bacterial nomenclature

           2. Representative organisms 

      C. Protista

           1. Animal-like

              Representative organisms 

           2. Plant-like

              Representative organisms 

           3. Fungus-like

              Representative organisms 

       D. Fungi

           1. Fungi taxonomy

           2. Representative organisms 

        E. Plantae

           1. Plant taxonomy

           2. Representative organisms 

        F. Animalia

           1. Animal taxonomy

           2. Representative organisms 

 III. Taxonomic criteria

       1. Evolutionary classification

       2..Cladogram

       3. Molecular classification

       4. Structural characteristic

       5. Embryological characteristic

       6. Habitat

       7. Morphological Characteristics

2.2 Compare and contrast, at the cellular level, prokaryotes and eukaryotes (general structures, degrees of complexity, and modes of nutrition.) Use cellular evidence to describe six kingdoms (Archaebacteria, Eubacteria, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia.)

5.2 Describe species as reproductively distinct groups of organisms. Describe how species are further classified into a hierarchical taxonomic system based on morphological, behavioral, and molecular similarities, and by geographic isolation

· List some traits shared by all primates.

· Name two distinguishing characteristics of anthropoids.

· Give examples of traits unique to humans.

· Compare the morphological concept of species with the biological concept of species.

· Define phylogeny.

· Explain how family trees illustrate phylogeny

· Summarize the importance of taxonomy for biologists.

· Describe the system of binomial nomenclature.

· List the categories of the classification system most used today.

· List the kinds of evidence used by modern taxonomists in classifying organisms.

· Describe the six kingdom system of classification

· List the characteristics that distinguish Eubacteria.

· List the characteristics that distinguish Protista

· List the characteristics that distinguish Fungi

· Describe how RNA-sequencing may lead to a revision of the six-kingdom classification system.

· Define the role of biosystematics in inferring evolutionary relationships.

 · Compare and contrast the categories of domain and kingdom.

· Distinguish between the Invertebrates and Vertebrates

· Identify the point in the taxonomy of plants that divides them up into vascular and nonvascular organisms

Prokaryotic cells

Eukaryotic cells