Team+After+It

=**MEMBERS**= Morgan S Seth Y Cassidy D

=Candy Lab=

1. Why is it better to have only 2 choices at each step instead of more? So their more specific. 2. What problems did you encounter in using the dichotomous key? Be specific and discuss fully. Some options both apply to the candy. 3. How did you resolve your problems in #2? We went through it again. 4. Do classification keys go from general to specific characteristics or from specific to general characteristics? Explain why. General to specific. 5. What does the first and second part of the Latin name represent in the scientific name of the organism? It represents the name of the candy. 6. Research Carolus Linnaeus and his contribution to modern classification. He grouped species according to shared physical characteristics. 7. What is a dichotomous key? (define) The dischtomous key is a series of questions, and each question is a choice between two characteristics. The identiy of an organism is determined through the procss of eliminating characteristics that do not apply to it. 8. What is binomial nomenclature? (define) The scientific naming of species whereby each species receives a lation or latinized name of two parts, the first indicationg the genus and te second being the specific epithet. 9. Briefly describe how classification has changed before and after Linnaeus. Research Aristotle... 10. List the order of classification groups from Kingdom down to species.

Squash Seed Labeling

Exercise Chart - Before/After

For this lab we had to have someone in our group do exercise for 8 minutes (with breaks in between to measure breathing rate, heart rate, perspiration, body temp., skin color, and blood pressure. Seth did push ups for the exercise.

Protist

Daphnia 1. 2. Heterotroph 3. Lake environments 4. They can live in either fresh or acidic water http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daphnia

Euglena 1. (No Picture) 2. Autotroph (because it carries out photosynthesis) 3. Found in nutrient-rich freshwater