[ Classification ] Sept. 26th
Introduction: Classification systems provide a logical way to organize and name living organism, based on the fact that some organisms resemble one another while others do not. There are currently two classification systems of organisms, into 5 kingdoms or 3 domains, both are distinguished by specific characteristics. Kingdom Monera have no well defined internals as they lack membrane to bound organelles, and Protists are single celled organisms that may be plant or animal-like. Fungi are multicellular and plant-like, but are not green, while Plants are multicellular and usually green. Animals are multicellular and without plant-like characteristics. The purpose of this lab is to observe different organisms …show more content…
Since multicellular organisms are generally larger in size, they would most likely fit into the animal, plant or fungi kingdoms. However, Hydra appears to have whiskers with the similar ladder-like scale structure as those on a shrimp. Also, the name Hydra hints that it would have aquatic relations. In this case the Hydra can be best labelled as an animal. Now, the Planarian seems to have two eyes, a membrane bound organelle in its centre, and many small vein-like structures condensed throughout its body. With this information, it is most likely that Planaria is multicellular, and with with evidence of eyes we can also label Planaria as an …show more content…
There are currently two ways for general classification, the domain system and the kingdom system. In this lab, we observed and later classified according to the kingdom system. Starting with monera, we can distinguish monerans as organisms without set internal features, as they are prokaryotic cells (no membrane bound organelles). In my analysis, I deemed Paramecium as a moneran, however, it was later proved that Protococcus was the solo moneran out of the group. Rather, Paramecium was a protist, along with Spirogyra. Protists are single celled, and can display both animal and plant-like characteristics. Fungi are also plant-like, but they are multicellular and are not green in colour, a description which I originally matched with Protococcus, but correctly it depicts Rhizopus. With a bright blue-teal tone, it appeared as a colony, all quite large in size.The only plant organism was Zea Mays, which was revealed to be corn, was green in colour, with many cells, and bound to its membrane. Finally, the animals of this lab were Hydra and Planaria. While Hydra’s name hinted that it was an aquatic creature, it was its distinct physical characteristics (whiskers), purple pigment, and size that gave it away. Planaria, also quite large, was bright pink and had two eyes, vein-like structures, and a bound organ. In both cases they lacked
Introduction: Classification systems provide a logical way to organize and name living organism, based on the fact that some organisms resemble one another while others do not. There are currently two classification systems of organisms, into 5 kingdoms or 3 domains, both are distinguished by specific characteristics. Kingdom Monera have no well defined internals as they lack membrane to bound organelles, and Protists are single celled organisms that may be plant or animal-like. Fungi are multicellular and plant-like, but are not green, while Plants are multicellular and usually green. Animals are multicellular and without plant-like characteristics. The purpose of this lab is to observe different organisms …show more content…
Since multicellular organisms are generally larger in size, they would most likely fit into the animal, plant or fungi kingdoms. However, Hydra appears to have whiskers with the similar ladder-like scale structure as those on a shrimp. Also, the name Hydra hints that it would have aquatic relations. In this case the Hydra can be best labelled as an animal. Now, the Planarian seems to have two eyes, a membrane bound organelle in its centre, and many small vein-like structures condensed throughout its body. With this information, it is most likely that Planaria is multicellular, and with with evidence of eyes we can also label Planaria as an …show more content…
There are currently two ways for general classification, the domain system and the kingdom system. In this lab, we observed and later classified according to the kingdom system. Starting with monera, we can distinguish monerans as organisms without set internal features, as they are prokaryotic cells (no membrane bound organelles). In my analysis, I deemed Paramecium as a moneran, however, it was later proved that Protococcus was the solo moneran out of the group. Rather, Paramecium was a protist, along with Spirogyra. Protists are single celled, and can display both animal and plant-like characteristics. Fungi are also plant-like, but they are multicellular and are not green in colour, a description which I originally matched with Protococcus, but correctly it depicts Rhizopus. With a bright blue-teal tone, it appeared as a colony, all quite large in size.The only plant organism was Zea Mays, which was revealed to be corn, was green in colour, with many cells, and bound to its membrane. Finally, the animals of this lab were Hydra and Planaria. While Hydra’s name hinted that it was an aquatic creature, it was its distinct physical characteristics (whiskers), purple pigment, and size that gave it away. Planaria, also quite large, was bright pink and had two eyes, vein-like structures, and a bound organ. In both cases they lacked