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Classifying Living Things

Classifying Living Things. Why Do We Classify ?. Allows us to keep track of the 3 to 10 million different living things on Earth Classification : The systematic grouping of organisms into categories on the basis of evolutionary relationships or physical appearance

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Classifying Living Things

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  1. Classifying Living Things

  2. Why Do We Classify? • Allows us to keep track of the 3 to 10 million different living things on Earth • Classification: The systematic grouping of organisms into categories on the basis of evolutionary relationships or physical appearance • The Science of classifying is called “Taxonomy” • People have been classifying for nearly 2,000 years

  3. Scientific Naming • Carolus Linnaeus • Developed systems for naming species and organizing them into groups • Named over 4000 plants & animals • Used appearance to group species • “Father of Taxonomy” • Used binomial nomenclature

  4. What is Binomial Nomenclature? • “Binomial” = two-name • “Nomenclature” = naming system • Language: Latin • Ex: common house cat – Felis domesticus • Mountain lion, puma, cougar – Felis concolor • Bobcat – Felis rufus • Genus species • Always capitalized always lower-case • Both are alwaysitalicized • Genus and species are the most specific levels of organization

  5. There are 8 levels of classification that describe a species • Domain • Kingdom • Phylum • Class • Order • Family • Genus • Species Eukarya Animalia Chordata Mammalia Carnivora Ursidae Ursus maritimus Eukarya Animalia Chordata Mammalia Primate Hominidae Homo sapiens Eukarya Animalia Chordata Mammalia Carnivora Canidae Canis familiaris The more levels of organization that two organisms share, the more closely related the two organisms are!

  6. Three Domain System Recently, scientists have added a group above Kingdom.  Three groups, called DOMAINS, contain each of the six kingdoms. Domain Eukarya - includes organisms composed of eukaryotic cells (plants, animals, fungi, protists) Domain Bacteria - includes all prokaryotic cells, Kingdom Eubacteria Domain Archaea - includes only "ancient" bacteria, Archaebacteria

  7. The Kingdoms • There are currently 6 kingdoms – all organisms can be placed into one of those 6. • Classification into a kingdom is based on certain criteria • Number of cells • How it obtains energy • Type of cell

  8. Kingdom Animalia • Multicellular • Heterotrophic (must consume food) • Eukaryotic (cells have a nucleus) • Examples: birds, insects, worms, mammals, reptiles, humans

  9. Kingdom Plantae • Multicellular • Autotrophic (can make own food; photosynthesis) • Eukaryotic (cells have nucleus)

  10. Kingdom Fungae • Multicellular (most) • Heterotrophic (mainly decomposers) • Eukaryotic • ex. mushrooms, • yeast

  11. Kingdom Protista • Most are unicellular • Can be heterotrophic or autotrophic • Eukaryotes (all have nucleus) • Examples: Ameba, paramecium, euglena, algae • Most live in water

  12. Kingdom Eubacteria & Kingdom Archaebacteria • Unicellular • Can be autotrophic or heterotrophic • Prokaryotes (do not have a nucleus) Eubacteria = common bacteria (E. coli, Salmonella) Archaebacteria = “ancient bacteria”, exist in extreme environments

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