CLASSIFICATION & 6 KINGDOM NOTES

1. CLASSIFICATION & 6 KINGDOM NOTES

2. Why classify organisms? • To organize the diversity of life • To help us know what organism we are referring to • Ex. Brown animal – beaver or bison?

3. In order to work well, a classification system must be established and logical

4. Who developed our current classification system, and what is it? • The Swedish biologist Carolus Linneaus developed the classification system we currently use today. • His classification system consists of 7 levels; they are:

5. Classification System • HintLevelsExampleBroadest • King Kingdom Animalia • Phillip Phylum Chordata • Came Class Mammalia • Over Order Carnivora • For Family Canidae • GreenGenus Canus • SoupspeciesfamiliarisMost specific

6. Example

7. 6 KINGDOMS • ANIMALIA • PLANTAE • PROTISTA • FUNGI • ARCHEABACTERIA • EUBACTERIA

8. Activity: Classify yourself!!! Ex: Ms. Teacher’s Classification • Kingdom------NEISD • Phylum-------- RRHS • Class----------- Freshman • Order---------- Biology • Family--------- Class period (teacher) • Genus---------- Last Name • Species-------- First Name

9. How do we name organisms? • In our classification system, each organism is given a two-part scientific name; this system of naming organisms is called binomial nomenclature

10. We use Latin to name organisms • 1. It is a “dead,” unchanging language • 2. Scientists can communicate regardless of their native language

11. Why do we use Scientific Names? • In USA & England - house sparrow • In Spain - gorrion • In Holland – musch • In Sweden – hussparf • Scientific Name - Passer domesticus

12. Every scientific name follows 3 rules: 1. The entire name is italicized or underlined (handwritten) 2. The name is made up of the Genus and species names of the organism 3. The first word is capitalized and the second is lowercase. Examples: Homo sapiens, Canus familiaris, Equus caballus