Friday, February 29, 2008

Oh yeah, another study guide - I need a nap!

Study Guide for Monday's ClassificationTest
Mr. Carrison - Life Science
Gates Intermediate School - Scituate, MA

The first set of review questions are by our very own Mr. Bailey! Make sure you thank him for his hard work and contributions to our blog.

Part One:

Classification Study Guide
by Alex Bailey with the supervision
and help of Flash the wonder hound

1. Do you know cold the definition of Taxonomy?

2. How many Kingdoms are there?
What are they?

3. How do you classify a species?
What species is Tiki?

4. Do you know the Latin names of the five kingdoms?

5. Why did Linnaeus use Latin?

6. Who was John Ray?
What did he do?

7. Who was Carolus Linnaeus?
What did he do?

8. Who where Aristotle and Theophrastus?
What did they do?

9. What is binomial nomenclature?

10. What changes have been made since Linnaeus?

11. What are the characteristics of a plant? Animal? Moneran?

12. How do you write a scientific name?

13. Have you reviewed your old notes?

14. Have you reviewed your old notes?

15. Have you reviewed your old notes?

16. Have you reviewed your old notes?
(Do I make my point?)

17. Have you been to the MCAS site?

18. Have you read the chapter?

19. Do you have quality notes?

This blog has been posted by an officer of the Gates typo police department


This is a semi-interesting site with some good articles
http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/curr/science/sciber00/7th/classify/sciber/intro.htm
This site has the entire classification system and can help you learn the system
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?db=taxonomy

This blog is 97% cat free due to the brutal reign of my cat meow, a close friend of Tiki.

Another NON-happy birthday to Tiki!!
Good! Like Mr. Carrison says you should always read the fine print. If you can name Mr. Carrison’s old dog then you get an extra point on the test. Also if you can tell Mr. Carrison what the latest broad cast on the British royal you tube channel that’s 2 more points.
Next week on the flash channel: Dogs gone wrong!

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Part Two:

1. Can you name all seven taxa in our current classification system from largest group to smallest group (taxa) in order?


2. What kingdom(s) can make their own food or are known as autotrophs?

3. What if any kingdom(s) are Heterotrophic?

4. Can you define:
Autotroph
Heterotroph
Eukaryote
Prokaryote


5. Which kingdoms are eukaryotic?

6. Which kingdoms are prokaryotic?

7. List 4 facts about bacteria

8. List 4 facts about the taxa species

9. In a nut shell what is meiosis? Be able to give at least 3 facts

10. Arrange in order from smallest to largest the following liquid metric units kl – l – ml

11. What are the differences between the animal kingdom and plant kingdom?

12. What is taxonomy?

13. A person who studies classification of life on earth for a living is called a _______ .

14. Is English the root language of our classification system?
Why is it used or why not?

15. If English is not used what language is used?

16. Which is the correct way to represent a scientific name of a domestic cat? Only 1 is correct!

a. Felis Domestica


b. Felis DOMESTICA


c. Felis domestica


d. felis domestica


e. Felis Domestica


f. Felis domestica


g. FELIS DOMESTICA


h. Felis domestica


i. felis Domestica


17. What is an organelle?

18. What organelles do members of the Plant kingdom HAVE that members of the Animal kingdom do NOT have?

19. What is binomial nomenclature?

20. Who is John Ray and why is he mentioned in this week’s text book reading?

21. What do you know about C. Linnaeus? What did he contribute to taxonomy?

22. Can members of different genus belong in the same species?

23. Can members of different families belong in the same order?

Wow! Want to see some neat sites? Check out the links below! They are both very informative and also almost semi-cool! Worth the time, take a peak. http://anthro.palomar.edu/animal/animal_1.htm or
http://www.virted.org/Animals/AnimalClassQuiz.html These
sites have oodles of info on this week’s chapter. Some sites even have a couple of quizzes that you can take. Great study and review opportunities for the motivated student!

Confused on something?
Blog a question or request for help using this blog. Hopefully a fellow student will blog you back some help! Semi-cool or what!
Call your homework buddy
Check your textbook
Check your notes
Review your class handouts
See me before class
Put your question into a search engine such as
dogpile.com, google.com or about.com


This is a Flash approved and Tiki free site!


Few if any cats were harmed in the
publishing of this blog.

A NON-Happy Birthday to
Ms. Sabonis' Evil Cat Tiki!

LLama free since 3-8-2007 dispite Adam's best efforts!

Where did that darn cat go?

124 comments:

  1. hello mr.carrison its cole addison woo i got the first comment woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

    cole addison

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  2. its cole agian second woooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo come on people were are your comments

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  3. Hi-

    I M Really bored!!

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  4. I finally got the 5th comment

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  5. Typo #1

    Under the first picture of flash
    yeah is yeah not yea.

    -Alex

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  6. Typo #2

    under the links it should be these not this

    -Alex

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  7. Typo# 3
    In ? # 3 it should have commas


    -meg

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  8. sorry #4 should have commas

    -meg

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  9. Helppppppppppppppppp:

    The type police are haunting me!!!!!!!

    Mr. C

    ps Flash.... get them!

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  10. Hi Mr. C!
    Hello 7th graders!
    kk, well thats all i wanted to say haha! oh and pd. 6 science, srry i always bother u guyz haha!well me and chloe that is...well bye!
    ~Bridget Wood

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  11. Typo #5

    In the lama note lama only has one L

    -Alex

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  12. Typo #6

    In the lama note despite is despite not dispite.

    -Alex

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  13. llama has 2 lls smart one

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  14. where is everybody? I've go to go watch the Bruins game. Jake--- I WILL find the "O" Floor hockey stick-- I'll let you know if I do!
    [which I will!!]

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  15. geeze people.. today is sunday at 11:43 am, and no one has left any comments since last night! thats a record. keep it up.

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  16. no help whatsoever on thisss sssiiitttee!!

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  17. jts- nick wont stop yelling: "CHICKEN!!!!" 911!!
    help.....

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  18. i am guessing some of you people are going to be on the blog 2nite because no one is on now.

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  19. Gabby i already found the "O" floor hockey stick so just give it up

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  20. Fellow peers and Officers-

    I've been busy this weekend and haven't been monitoring what my lower officers have been doing.

    alex-i hate to say this, but a lot of your typos aren't typos. To clear thing up, we only have 2 typos so far (#3 and #6)

    meg-who hired you? and what's your last name?

    Thank you for your time.

    Signed,
    John Colpoys, Assistant Chief of Police

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  21. What is number 16 in part 2???

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  22. nvm i got it bu arent c,f,h all the same and all right??

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  23. typos #3&4

    #3: "meow", being a proper noun, should be capitalized.

    #4:"broad cast" should be one word

    Signed,
    John Colpoys, A.C.I.P.

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  24. typo #5:

    #6-10 should have periods.

    Congrats! We get a point!

    Signed,
    John C., A.C.I.P.

    PS: visit my blog!

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  25. typo #6:

    the second l in "LLama" should NOT be capitalized.

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  26. typo #7:

    "Ms. Sabonis" should say "Mrs. Sabonis"

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  27. u can say MS. Sabonis 2. Its the same thing

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  28. au con trere!

    "Ms." states that they are not married, unless the person chooses otherwise. "Mrs." states the person is married.

    I know for a fact that she goes by "Mrs. Sabonis"

    J.C.

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  29. typo #8:

    in part 1, #8, "where" should be "were"

    J.C.

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  30. MS. can mean miss OR mrs.

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  31. very well, anonymous, i suppose i've ben proven wrong.

    we now have only 6 typos

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  32. MRS. Sabonis won't like it, though!

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  33. correction:

    I miscounted. we have 7 typos

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  34. how do u know what MS. OR Mrs. Sabonis would like?

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  35. she writes her own name as "Mrs. Sabonis"







    PS: WHO R U?

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  36. "anonymous" will remain anonymous

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  37. you'll regret taking a quote of mine!

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  38. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

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  39. (That's my evil laugh!)

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  40. what are#'s 16 22 and 23 of part 2????

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  41. U need 2 work on it some more

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  42. what are 16 22 and 23??!

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  43. Alright anonymous, i've got a riddle for you:

    the maker doesn't sell it,
    the seller doesn't buy it,
    the buyer doesn't use it,
    the user doesn't know he's using it.

    What is the item?

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  44. idk

    What is...
    more powerful than god,
    scarier than the devil,
    the rich need it,
    and the poor has it

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  45. you get 3 guesses!

    if u r wrong you must tell me who u r! or else!

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  46. psh no way am i telling u who i am


    PS "anonymous" will remain anonymous

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  47. the answer to your riddle is as follows:

    "nothing"

    ask me another! i dare u!

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  48. A certain crime is punishable if attempted but not punishable if committed. What is it?

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  49. ANSWER MY RIDDLES!!!!

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  50. What is number 16???

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  51. I'M WAITNIG 4 SOME1 2 ANSWER MY RIDDLES!!

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  52. nahim bad at riddles...they envolve thinking too much

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  53. ALRIGHT: that's clue #1 to who u r

    -not really smart!

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  54. hey!! i am smart, im just bad a grammer and stuff lol

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  55. Thanks who ever told me the answer

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  56. What is Mr.Carrison's old dog's name??

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  57. i think its niegal or something

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  58. Mr.Carrison if you look at this again what is your old dog's name?????

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  59. his old dogs name is niegal i think..

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  60. only 67 comments omg

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  61. Clue #2 and 3:
    -defensive
    -bad at grammar

    keep it up

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  62. alex u r wrong
    llama does have 2 L's ha i caught the typo police with an incorrect correction

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  63. yeah, 7 hours too late

    Signed,
    J.C.

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  64. lol i bet your never going to figure out who i am ill give you another clue...umm i like pink...:p

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  65. whoever said meow is a proper noun is wrong

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  66. "meow" is the name of alex's cat. it's a proper noun.

    -J.C.

    PS: Ishould know. i'm his best friend!

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  67. look whose talking. to quote yourself:
    "alex, get a life!"

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  68. well...In the way meow was used, its not a proper noun

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  69. Miss= not married
    Mrs. =married
    Ms.=either the person doesn't want you to know or a person is unsure if a person is married or not*


    *can be used if a person knows you are married

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  70. did alex really name his cat meow
    either way i don't think mr. carrison is talking about Alex's cat

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  71. THAT PROBLEM WAS RESOLVED HOURS AGO!

    If you wish to join conversations, get there on time.

    J.C.

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  72. pART 1 WAS WRITTEN BY aLEX. hE'S TALKING ABOUT HIS OWN CAT!

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  73. Pardon the capitals!

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  74. ooooooo i get it lol a cat named Meow...

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  75. typos #8 and 9

    #8: In Part 2, #9, "nut shell" should be one word.

    #9: In Part 2, #20, "text book" should be one word.

    J.C

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  76. ANONYMOUS-

    Thank you for getting the humor. I think there's actualyy a story behind Meow's name. Ask Alex for details.

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  77. lol or maybe he just couldnt think of a name

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  78. no, there's a story:

    I think it was his brother couldn't say "cat" when he was little, so he called it "Meow"

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  79. go to http://www.ruf.rice.edu/~bioslabs/studies/invertebrates/kingdoms.html


    for a great site on the five kingdoms

    :-)

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  80. that site was confusing!

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  81. the first riddle is air and the second is money

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  82. never mind the second one is not money i read it wrong ...maybe it is something like love

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  83. Your wrong on both of them!

    HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

    (My evil laugh again!)

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  84. PS: What about the third one:

    A certain crime is punishable if attempted but not punishable if committed. What is it?

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  85. john colpoys you are very annoying.

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  86. i bet nobody knows the answer to the most recent video of the british youtube channel

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  87. Thank you, and so are you!

    PS: Where ddid that come from, I ahven't been on since 7:26?

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  88. lol i wonder why Mr.Carrison is on the british youtube channel...

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  89. Are taxa species an animal or plant?

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  90. anonymous:

    Mr. Carrison wrote part 2, and Alex wrote Part 1. So Alex is watching the British You tube

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  91. oh lol ewwww who wishes that we didnt have school tommorow? meeeee

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  92. any one know how to classify things?

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  93. COLLEEN!!!! WASSUP?!?!

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  94. Salway from Galway!

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  95. Salway means hi, and Galway is a town in Ireland!

    (plus they both ryhme)

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  96. Typo #10:

    In Part 2, Links section, "peaks" (which means like the peak of a mountain) should "peek"

    WE GET 2 POINTS!

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  97. CORRECTION:

    I meant to say "should say 'peek'"

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  98. hello its cole agian wowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowowo im hungry for luch w/e how many questions are on the test ???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????

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  99. SALWAY FROM GALWAY!

    CHICKEN LOVERS UNITE!

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  100. heyy 91 ion the test!!! go me!!! getting my braces off tomorrow!!!! my b day is on saturday!!!!


    cara

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  101. wow Mr.C...you have a lot of typos to fix.....tough break



    ~ Your favorite homeroom student of 06-07.....Caroline Q

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  102. Woo hoo!
    120th comment!!!

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  103. Hi! Does anyone get the social studies homework?? It doesn't make any sense. I mean, I can summarize the graphs and charts, but the other "Problems"?? How can you summarize a summary?

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  104. emily-
    if you can't find a problem, then i would make an analysis!

    John Colpoys

    PS: VISIT MY BLOG!!!

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  105. WHERE IS EVERYBODY?

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  106. WOW!

    More than 9 hours and no comment?
    That's just sad!

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