Classification Notes
How Do We Organize?
Aristotle (384-322 B.C.E.) divided everything into two areas
____________ and _____________
They were further divided into three areas each of
___________
_____________
_________
_________
_________
_________
_________
_________
Birds, bats, and insects were grouped together. Why would this
be a problem?
_______________________________________________
1st word = ____________ = a group of similar species
2nd word = ___________
So that the scientific name would be the Genus + species
Human’s scientific name is ________________________.
Rules for Naming
1. ____________ is the language of scientific names
(_________ is no longer spoken, so it does not change)
2. _______________ in print and ____________ when
hand written
_______________________________________________
3. 1st letter of the Genus is ___________________
This system was used for hundreds of years. Then in the 1730s
a Swedish biologist _________________________ (17071778) developed a system of classifying and naming animals,
plants, and minerals.
4. 1st letter of species is _____________________
His classification was
based on physical and
structural similarities
He created binomial nomenclature which is Latin for
____________________________________
What are their Scientific Names?
Grey wolf is ______________________
Coyote is ________________________
What are their common names?
Canis familiaris
______________________
Felis catus
______________________
Lynx rufus
______________________
Panthera onca
______________________
Smilodon fatali
______________________
Taxonomy Levels
King Phillip Came Over For Good Spaghetti
• Kingdom – A group of similar phyla
• Phylum – A group of similar classes
• Class – A group of similar orders
• Order – A group of similar families
• Family – A group of similar genera
• Genus – A group of similar species which that
have similar features and are closely related
• Species – organisms that look alike and
successfully interbreed
Classification Vocab
1.
__________________ - Grouping things that are similar
2.
__________________ - The science of identifying, classifying, and naming
Research online to find the genus and species
names of some familiar plants and animals.
organisms
3.
________________________ - Uses descriptive statements to sort and
Scientific Classification
identify organisms
4.
__________________ - The Father of Modern Classification
5.
________________________ – Naming organisms using two-part
Bird
scientific names
6.
__________________ - The first name of an organism (capitalized)
7.
__________________ - The second name of an organism (lower case)
8.
__________________ - Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus,
Kingdom
Species
9.
__________________ - Monera, Protists, Fungi, Plants, Animals
Phylum
10. __________________ – Single-celled, mostly bacteria, no nuclei
11. __________________ - Single-celled organisms divided into 3 groups:
fungus-like, plant-like, and animal-like
Class
12. __________________ - Multicellular organisms that absorb food from
Order
around them
13. __________________ - Multicellular organisms that make their own food
14. __________________ - Multicellular organisms that can move and most
have a nervous system
animals
binomial nomenclature
Carolus Linnaeus
classification
dichotomous key
five major kingdoms
fungus
genus
levels of classification
monera
plants
protist
species
taxonomy
Family
Genus
Species
Amphibian
Fungus
Flower
Scientific Classification
Level
Jaguar
Squirrel
Human
Scientific Classification
Tree
Shark
Level
Kingdom
Anamalia
Anamalia
Kingdom
Phylum
Chordata
Chordate
Phylum
Class
Mammalia
Mammalia
Class
Order
Carnivora
Rodentia
Order
Family
Felidae
Scuridae
Family
Genus
Panthera
Tamiasciurus
Genus
Species
onca
hudsonicus
Species
Bacteria
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Classification Notes
How Do We Organize?
Aristotle (384-322 B.C.E.) divided everything into
two areas ____________ and _____________
They were further divided into three areas each of
___________
_____________
_________
_________
_________
_________
_________
_________
Birds, bats, and insects were grouped together. Why would this
be a problem?
_______________________________________________
1st word = ____________ = a group of similar species
2nd word = ___________
So that the scientific name would be the Genus + species
Human’s scientific name is ________________________.
Rules for Naming
5. ____________ is the language of scientific names
(_________ is no longer spoken, so it does not change)
6. _______________ in print and ____________ when
hand written
_______________________________________________
7. 1st letter of the Genus is ___________________
This system was used for hundreds of years. Then in the 1730s
a Swedish biologist _________________________ (17071778) developed a system of classifying and naming animals,
plants, and minerals.
8. 1st letter of species is _____________________
His classification was
based on physical and
structural similarities
He created binomial nomenclature which is Latin for
____________________________________
What are their Scientific Names?
Grey wolf is ______________________
Coyote is ________________________
What are their common names?
Canis familiaris
______________________
Felis catus
______________________
Lynx rufus
______________________
Panthera onca
______________________
Smilodon fatali
______________________
Taxonomy Levels
King Phillip Came Over For Good Spaghetti
• Kingdom – A group of similar phyla
• Phylum – A group of similar classes
• Class – A group of similar orders
• Order – A group of similar families
• Family – A group of similar genera
• Genus – A group of similar species which that
have similar features and are closely related
• Species – organisms that look alike and
successfully interbreed
Fill out the Taxonomy Level in the box and fill in the actual
taxonomy for the panther on the lines.