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ClassificationClassification

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Early Classification Early Classification

•2000 years 2000 years ago, ago, AristotleAristotle was the first to was the first to classify living classify living organismsorganisms

•Aristotle Aristotle divided divided organisms into organisms into plants & animalsplants & animals


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Early Classification Early Classification

•Early scientists classified Early scientists classified animals as:animals as: 1. Beneficial & harmful1. Beneficial & harmful 2.domestic animals , wild 2.domestic animals , wild animals , creeping animals , creeping animals, flying animals , animals, flying animals , sea animals.sea animals.


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Carolus LinnaeusCarolus Linnaeus1707 – 17781707 – 1778

•18th century scientist

•Classified organisms by their structure

•Developed naming system still used today


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Carolus LinnaeusCarolus Linnaeus

•Called the Called the “Father of “Father of Taxonomy”Taxonomy”

•Developed the modern Developed the modern system of naming system of naming known as known as binomial binomial nomenclaturenomenclature

•Two-wordTwo-word name (Genus name (Genus & species)& species)


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Confusion in Using Different Confusion in Using Different Languages for NamesLanguages for Names


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Latin Names are Understood Latin Names are Understood by all Scientistsby all Scientists


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Standardized Standardized NamingNaming

•Binomial Binomial nomenclature nomenclature usedused

•Genus speciesGenus species

•Latin or GreekLatin or Greek

•ItalicizedItalicized in print in print

•Capitalize genusCapitalize genus, , but NOT speciesbut NOT species

•UnderlineUnderline when when writingwriting

Turdus Turdus migratoriusmigratorius

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Binomial NomenclatureBinomial Nomenclature

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Classification GroupsClassification Groups

•There is a There is a hierarchyhierarchy of of groups (taxa) from groups (taxa) from broadest to most specificbroadest to most specific

•Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Order, Family, Genus, Genus, speciesspecies


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The 5 kingdoms

1.Monero2.Fungi3.Protista4.Animalia5.Plantae

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Live in the intestines of animalsLive in the intestines of animals


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ProtistaProtista

•Most are Most are unicellularunicellular

•Some are Some are multicellularmulticellular


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FungiFungi


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PlantaePlantae

•MulticellularMulticellular

•Absorb Absorb sunlight sunlight to make glucose – to make glucose – PhotosynthesisPhotosynthesis

•Cell walls made Cell walls made of of cellulosecellulose


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AnimaliaAnimalia

•MulticellulaMulticellularr

•Feed on Feed on plants or plants or animalsanimals


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PrimatesPrimates



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