Casther Troy Frayna

11 – Inquisitiveness
GENERAL BIOLOGY
A. PRACTICE TASK 1
1. CLASSIFICATION - the establishment of a hierarchical system of
categories on the basis of presumed natural relationships
among organisms. The science of biological classification is
commonly called taxonomy
2. DESCRIPTION - a sort, kind, or class of people or things and
animals
3. HEIRARCHY - is the structured organization of all biological
entities.
4. IDENTIFICATION - is the process of assigning a pre-existing
taxon name to an individual organism.
5. NOMENCLATURE - is the system of naming organisms.
6. TAXONOMY - is that it involves the classification of organisms
both alive and extinct.

B. PRACTICE TASK 2
1. Hawksbill Turtle
2. Leatherback Turtle
3. Green Turtle

C. EVALUATION
DICHOTOMOUS KEY OF BIRDS
1a. Bird lives on land or ice. Go to 2
1b. Bird lives in water. Go to 5
2a. Bird has talons. Go to 3
2b. Bird does not have talons. Go to 4
3a. Bird can rotate head back Barn owl
180°.
3b. Bird cannot rotate head Hawk
back 180°.
4a. Bird has shorter legs. Duck
4b. Bird has long, stilt like legs. Flamingo
5a. Bird has short, stubby tail Emperor penguin
and yellow splotch on neck.
5b. Bird has long-feathered tail Peacock
and bright blue neck.