Classification
Unit #10
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What is it’s name?
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Scientific Names
1. Felis cattus (animal)
- Dog
- Bird
- Fish
- Cat
4. Panthera pardus (animal)
- Leopard
- Jaguar
- Cheetah
- Cougar
2. Ursus arctos (animal)
- Grizzly bear
- mountain lion
- King cobra
- Asian elephant
5. Apis mellifera (insect)
- Black fly
- Leaf hopper
- Mealworm
- Honey bee
3. Dionaea muscipula (plant)
- Bigleaf maple
- Dandelion
- Venus flytrap
- Buttercup
6. Equus caballus (animal)
- Sheep
- Horse
- Goat
- Mule
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Finding Order in Diversity
• To identify organisms (living things) scientists developed a
classification system.
• Taxonomy- the classification of organisms
• Carolus Linnaeus-BINOMIAL NOMENCLATURE
• Two-part scientific name
• First name: genus (Capitalized)
• Second name: specie (lower case)
• Ursus maritimus- polar bear
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8 levels of classification
Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Specie
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Classification
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Kingdoms of Life
Characteristics
CSCOPE Unit 10 lesson 02
What does this represent?
Mary Jane Marlatt
Kenneth Gastgeb
Irene Jelinek
Dennis Ryan
Tim Ryan
Ruth Gastgeb
Jessica Ryan
Kyla Guerrero
Gabriel Guerrero
Alayna Guerrero
Abigail Guerrero
Isaiah Guerrero
What do scientists use to show evolutionary
relationships between organisms on earth?
CLADOGRAMS
How do scientists determine relationships between organisms and
how closely they are related?
What type of living things
inhabit the earth?
ARCHAEA Major Characteristics
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Formerly called “Archaebacteria”
Prokaryote
Unicellular (one celled)
Have a cell wall
Autotroph or heterotroph
Asexual reproduction
BACTERIA Major Characteristics
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Prokaryote
Unicellular (one celled)
Have cell wall (peptidoglycan)
Autotroph or heterotroph
Asexual reproduction
Helpful and harmful
PROTISTA Major Characteristics
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Eukaryote
Most unicellular
Some colonial, some multicellular
May have a cell wall ( usually
cellulose, silica, or pectin)
• Autotroph or heterotroph
• Asexual or sexual reproduction
FUNGI Major Characteristics
• Eukaryote
• Most multicellular, some
unicellular
• Cell wall (chitin)
• Heterotroph
• Asexual or sexual reproduction
PLANTAE Major Characteristics
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Eukaryote
Multicellular
Cell wall (cellulose)
Autotroph
Asexual or sexual
reproduction
ANIMALIA Major Characteristics
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Eukaryote
Multicellular
No cell wall
Heterotroph
Sexual reproduction