Classification notes
- 1. Classification of Living Things
- 2. Why do we classify things? Supermarket aisles Libraries Classes Teams/sports Members of a family Roads Cities Money
- 3. What is classification? Classification: putting things into orderly groups based on similar characteristics Taxonomy: the science of describing, naming, and classifying organisms
- 4. Early classification Aristotle grouped everything into simple groups such as animals or plants He then grouped animals according to if they had blood or didn’t have blood, and if they had live young or laid eggs, and so on…
- 5. Binomial Nomenclature Developed by Carolus Linnaeus Swedish Biologist 1700’s Two-name system Genus and species named using Latin or Greek words
- 6. Rules used to write scientific names Homo sapiens An organism’s genus is always written first; the organism’s species is always written second The genus is Capitalized; the species is written in lower case Scientific names of organisms are
- 7. Modern Taxonomy The Evidence used to classify into taxon groups 1) Embryology 2) Chromosomes / DNA 3) Biochemistry 4) Physiology 5) Evolution 6) Behavior
- 8. The modern system of classification has 8 levels: Domain Order Kingdom Family Phylum Genus Class Species
- 9. 2 Types of Cells 3 Domains and 4 Kingdoms EUKARYOTES organisms with a nuclear membrane PROKARYOTES organisms with no nuclear membrane
- 10. Kingdom Organisms are placed into kingdoms based on their ability to make food and the number of cells in their bodies Debate on the number of kingdoms: Plants Animals Fungi Protists Monera: ?
- 12. Phylum Divisions of the kingdom Plants: Vascular Nonvascular Animals: 35 different phyla Divided into Vertebrates Invertebrates Pinophyta: conifers
- 13. Class, Order, Family These levels become more specific As you go down, they include fewer organisms Have more in common with organisms in the same family
- 14. Genus Contains closely related organisms Genus if the first word in an organisms scientific name Is capitalized
- 15. Helpful way to remember the 8 levels Dumb kids playing catch on freeways get squashed Or…make up your own… DKPCOFGS
- 17. Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Remember: Kids Prefer Candy Over Fresh Green Salad
- 18. Using the Classification System Field guides help identify organisms. -they highlight differences between similar organisms (like trees) Taxonomic Key (Dichotomous Key) -paired statements that describe the physical characteristics of different organisms
- 19. Taxonomic Key 1a Fruits occur singly ........................................... ...... Go to 3 1b Fruits occur in clusters of two or more ................ Go to 2 2a Fruits are round ............................................ ....... Grapes 2b Fruits are elongate ......................................... ...... Bananas 3a Thick skin that separates easily from flesh .........Oranges 3b Thin skin that adheres to flesh .............................. Go to 4 4a More than one seed per What steps would you use to identify fruit ............................ Apples 4b One seed per an apple?