Assignments for Indroductory Biology 9/11/07
1. Read through page 15 in Top Shelf.
2. Do the online microscope exercise including all example slides.
http://www.udel.edu/biology/ketcham/microscope/
3. Go outside and observe three organisms. Based on the information in Top Shelf, create a food chain for each organism. Be sure to include producers, consumers, scavengers and decomposers in each food chain. Try to choose organisms from differerent kingdoms.
4. Pick one organism of your choice and classify it in terms of Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus and Species. Be prepared to discuss the unique characteriestics of the of each level of classification the organism belongs to. For example, humans are classified as Anamalia, Chordata, Mammalia, Primate, Hominidae, Homo, Homo Sapiens. You would be expected to identify some of the distinguisihing characteristics of the Kingdom Anamalia, Phylum Chordata, Class Mammalia, Order Primate, Family Hominidae, Genus Homo, Species Homo Sapiens. Record a lab in your lab book. You cannot use humans as your organism.
Common Name: Common Tru Kadydid
Kingdom: Anamalia (Animals)
Phylum: Arthropoda (Athropods)
Super Class Hexopoda (Six Legs)
Class: Insecta (Insects)
Sub Calss Ptergota (winged inscts)
Order: Orthoptera (Grasshoppers, Katydids, Crickets)
Sub Order Ensifera (long horned orthoptera)
Family: Tettigoniidae (katydids)
Subfamily Pseudophyllinae (tru Kadydids)
Genus: Pterophylla
Species: Pterophylla camellifolia
Common Name: Sugar Maple
Kingdom: Plante
Sub Kingdom Tracheobionta (Vascular plants)
Phylum/Division Magnoiophyta (flowering plants)
Class: Magnoliopsida (dicotyledons)
Order: Sapindales
Family: Aceraceae
Genus: Acer
Species: Acer Saccharum (2 varieties)
5. Bring a lichen sample for next week’s lab. Lichens can usually be found growing on trees and rocks. Bring the lichen in a Ziploc baggie and try to collect the specimen as close to class time as possible. Read over the lichen lab in Top Shelf and familiarize yourself with it.
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