Taxonomy

1. Taxonomy Grade 7 science Westmount High School Ms Hipfner/ Ms Malde 1

2. Classification of living organisms • Classification: an orderly grouping of organisms according to selected criteria • The study of classifying organisms is called taxonomy • Provides universal names for organisms • Provides a reference for identifying organisms 2

3. Living organisms Divided into six Kingdoms Animals Plant Fungi Protists Bacteria Archaeans Eat food absorb food no nucleus no nucleus one- or few- celled Organisms Photosynthesis 3

4. Further subdivisions: Kings Play Chess On Flying Gold Sets 4

5. Animal Kingdom Invertebrates Vertebrates Sponges Fish Cnidarians Amphibians Reptiles Worms Birds Echinoderms Mollusks Mammals Arthropods 5

6. Animal Kingdom Vertebrates Fish Birds • skin: smooth or scaly • exclusively aquatic/Breath only in water • lay eggs • feathers • Exclusively terrestrial Amphibians Mammals • Lay eggs • skin: smooth • aquatic and terrestrial / • breath in and out of water • most give birth to developed • young • nurse their young • fur • terrestrial or aquatic / • breath only out of water Reptiles • Lay eggs, or produce eggs that • hatch in the females body • skin: scales or a shell • aquatic or terrestrial / breath out of water 6

7. Plant Kingdom 7

8. Two individuals belong to the same species if … • They share similar characteristics, • for example physical resemblance • They can reproduce (if of opposing sex), • The children of these two individuals are viable (survive), • the children themselves can reproduce successfully (they are fertile). 8

9. Classification of living organisms • Classification: an orderly _________according to selected criteria • The study of classifying organisms is called • Provides ________________for organisms • Provides a reference for __________________ 2

10. Living organisms Divided into six Kingdoms ________ _____ _____ ______ _______ _________ Eat food absorb food no nucleus no nucleus one- or few- celled Organisms Photosynthesis 3

11. Further subdivisions: Kings Play Chess On Flying Gold Sets 4

12. Animal Kingdom Invertebrates Vertebrates Sponges Cnidarians Worms Echinoderms Mollusks Arthropods 5

13. Animal Kingdom Vertebrates Fish Birds • skin:______________ • exclusively aquatic/Breath only in water • lay eggs • feathers • Exclusively terrestrial Amphibians Mammals • ________________ • skin:_____________ • aquatic and terrestrial / • ______________________ • most__________________ • __________ • ___________ their young • ______ • terrestrial or aquatic / • ______________________ Reptiles • __________, or produce eggs • that hatch in the females body • skin:___________________ • aquatic or terrestrial / breath out of water 6

14. Plant Kingdom 7

15. Two individuals belong to the same species if … • They ________ similar _______________, • for example physical resemblance • They can _____________ (if of opposing sex), • The ____________ of these two individuals are ___________ (survive), • the children themselves can reproduce successfully (they are ___________). 8