08 - Excercise 4 - Characteristics and Classification
08 - Excercise 4 - Characteristics and Classification
At the trial, Marty spoke in his defense. "I first saw these life forms rolling
along roads in great numbers. They were giving off thick clouds of poisonous
waste as they moved. They seemed to exhibit herding behavior, as many of the cars moved
in the same direction. They appeared to have a great deal of energy, some of them moved
faster than 60 kilometers per hour. When one of these life forms stopped or slow down, the
others behind it responded. They slowed down and gave off a reddish light from the back,
and sometimes they would make honking noises. I observed that they would stop to feed on
a liquid substance."
Take the part of Marty's defense attorney and make a good case for the car's being alive.
Then be the prosecutor and show that the car is a nonliving thing. List as many reasons as
you can.
Figure 2–1
1. Which organism in Figure 2-1 is most distantly related to the others? Why?
2. Which two organisms listed in Figure 2-1 are most closely related to each other?
3. Which level of taxonomic category shown in Figure 2-1 indicates whether an organism
is a mammal or not?
Class
Monkey
Classification Compare/Contrast
Create a table that compares the kingdoms of organisms. Be sure to consider all of the
characteristics of life in your comparisons as well as characteristics that distinguish the
groups from one another.
Compare Contrast