This PowerPoint is one small part of the Taxonomy and Classification unit from www.sciencepowerpoint.com. A 3800+ slide Five Part PowerPoint presentation becomes the roadmap for an amazing and interactive science experience full of built-in lab activities, built-in quizzes, video links, class notes(red slides),review games, projects, unit notes, answer keys, and much more. Also included is a student version of the unit that is much like the teachers but missing the answer keys, quizzes, PowerPoint review games, hidden box challenges, owl, and surprises meant for the classroom. This is a great resource to distribute to your students and support professionals. The Classification and Taxonomy Unit covers topics associated with Taxonomy and Classification. The unit examines all of the Kingdoms of Life in detail. Areas of Focus within The Taxonomy and Classification Unit: -Taxonomy, Classification, Need for Taxonomy vs. Common Names, What is a Species?, Dichotomous Keys, What does Classification Use?, The Domains of Life, Kingdoms of Life,The 8 Taxonomic Ranks, Humans Taxonomic Classification, Kingdom Monera, Prokaryotic Cells, Types of Eubacteria, Bacteria Classification, Gram Staining,Bacterial Food Borne Illnesses, Penicillin and Antiseptic, Oral Hygiene and Plaque, Bacterial Reproduction (Binary Fission), Asexual Reproduction, Positives and Negatives of Bacteria, Protista, Plant-like Protists, Animal-like Protists, Fungi-like Protists, Animalia, Characteristics of Animalia, Animal Symmetry, Phylums of Animalia (Extensive), Classes of Chordata, Mammals, Subclasses of Mammals, Characteristics of Mammals, Fungi, Positives and Negatives of Fungi, Divisions of Fungi (Extensive), Parts of a Mushroom, 3 Roles of Fungi, Fungi Reproduction, Mold Prevention, Plant Divisions, Kingdom Plantae. If you have any questions please feel free to contact me. Thanks again and best wishes. Sincerely, Ryan Murphy www.sciencepowerpoint@gmail.com

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3.  A species…
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4.  Is a group of organisms with similar characteristics.
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5.  Produces fertile offspring.
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6. • A mule is the offspring of a male donkey
and a female horse. A mule is almost
always sterile.
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7. • A mule is the offspring of a male donkey
and a female horse. A mule is almost
always sterile.
– Donkey Equus assinus has 62 chromosomes.
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8. • A mule is the offspring of a male donkey
and a female horse. A mule is almost
always sterile.
– Donkey Equus assinus has 62 chromosomes.
– Horse Equus caballus 64 chromosomes
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9. • A mule is the offspring of a male donkey
and a female horse. A mule is almost
always sterile.
– Donkey Equus assinus has 62 chromosomes.
– Horse Equus caballus 64 chromosomes
• Doesn’t make an embryo well.
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10. • A mule is the offspring of a male donkey
and a female horse. A mule is almost
always sterile.
– Donkey Equus assinus has 62 chromosomes.
– Horse Equus caballus 64 chromosomes
• Doesn’t make an embryo well.
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Note: Some hybrids such as the Coywolf
(Coyote X Wolf) can reproduce.

11. • A mule is not a species but a hybrid between
a horse and a donkey.
–The correct scientific classification is
hybrid (Equus caballus x Equus assinus).
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12. • What is a Tigon?

16. “Pretend I’m a
female lion.”

18. • Tigon: Offspring of a male tiger Panthera
tigris and a female lion Panthera leo.
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19. • What is a Liger?

23. “Pretend I’m a
female Tiger.”

25. • Liger: Offspring of a male lion Panthera
leo and a female tiger Panthera tigris.
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26. • Which name is real and which is made up for
this Polar Bear x Grizzly Bear Hybrid?
– Grolar Bear of Polgrizz Bear

27. • Which name is real and which is made up for
this Polar Bear x Grizzly Bear Hybrid?
– Grolar Bear of Polgrizz Bear

28. • Which name is real and which is made up for
this Polar Bear x Grizzly Bear Hybrid?
– Grolar Bear of Polgrizz Bear

29. • Which name is real and which is made up for
this Polar Bear x Grizzly Bear Hybrid?
– Grolar Bear of Polgrizz Bear

30. • Which name is real and which is made up for
this Polar Bear x Grizzly Bear Hybrid?
– Grolar Bear of Polgrizz Bear

31. • Which name is real and which is made up for
this Polar Bear x Grizzly Bear Hybrid?
– Grolar Bear of Polgrizz BearAlso known as a pizzly bear or grizlar,

32. • Which name is real and which is made up for
this Polar Bear x Grizzly Bear Hybrid?
– Grolar Bear of Polgrizz BearAlso known as a pizzly bear or grizlar,
Ursus × inopinatus

38.  Has similar DNA.
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39. • It doesn’t work like this

40. • It doesn’t work like this (Hippocrab)

41. • Or this… (Crocodillafrog)

42. • Or Croc-A-fly

43. • Or this Zebrant

44. • Or Rhinochicken

45. • Or Dogbird

46. • Or thankfully this…

47. • Or thankfully this… Shark-A-kitty

48.  Phylogeny -The history of a species as they
change through time. Who came from
whom?
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49. • Phylogenetic tree: A tree like chart showing
the evolutionary relationships among
various biological species.
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51. Learn more about phylogeny at…
http://tolweb.org/tree/learn/concepts/whatisphylogeny.html

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55. Areas of Focus within The Taxonomy and Classification Unit:
Taxonomy, Classification, Need for Taxonomy vs. Common Names, What is a
Species?, Dichotomous Keys, What does Classification Use?, The Domains of
Life, Kingdoms of Life,The 8 Taxonomic Ranks, Humans Taxonomic
Classification, Kingdom Monera, Prokaryotic Cells, Types of Eubacteria, Bacteria
Classification, Gram Staining,Bacterial Food Borne Illnesses, Penicillin and
Antiseptic, Oral Hygiene and Plaque, Bacterial Reproduction (Binary Fission), Asexual
Reproduction, Positives and Negatives of Bacteria, Protista, Plant-like Protists, Animal-
like Protists, Fungi-like Protists, Animalia, Characteristics of Animalia, Animal
Symmetry, Phylums of Animalia (Extensive), Classes of Chordata, Mammals, Subclasses
of Mammals, Characteristics of Mammals, Classes of Fish, Fashion a Fish
Project, Animal Poster Project, Fungi, Positives and Negatives of Fungi, Divisions of
Fungi (Extensive), Parts of a Mushroom, 3 Roles of Fungi, Fungi Reproduction, Mold
Prevention, Plant Divisions, Photosynthesis, Plant Photo Tour, Non Vascular
Plants, Algae, Lichens, Bryophytes, Seedless Vascular Plants, Cone Bearing
Plants, Flowering Plants, Monocotyledons, Dicotyledons and much more.
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