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Classification of Living Things
Cells
Reproduction
Energy
Stimulus an
d Response
Growth and Development
Essential ?: How do scientists name organisms?
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Species of Organism
- There are 13 billion known species of organism
- This is only 5% of organism that ever lived!!
- New organisms are still being found and identified
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What is classification?
It is the arrangement of organisms into orderly groups based on their similarities
-Classification is also known as taxonomy
-Taxonomy = science of naming or classifying organisms
-Taxonomist = scientists that
identify and name organisms
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Benefits of classification
-Uniform and accurate names for all organism
-Prevents misconceptions like starfish and jellyfish are not really fish.
-Uses Latin or some Greek for names
Sea cow isn't really a cow.
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Early Taxonomist
-2000 years ago Aristotle was the first taxonomist
- Aristotle divided all organisms into plants and animals
- He divided them based on habitat (land, sea, or air dwellers)
Then came...
- John Ray, a botanist, who used Latin to name organism
- His names were very long and told everything about the plants
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Early Taxonomist?Finally came...
-Carulos Linnaeus 1707 - 1778
- Classified organisms by structure
- Developed naming system used today called
"Binomial Nomenclature" (2 names)
Genus & Species
Capitalized & not capitalized
- Nick Name: Father of Taxonomy
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Binomial Nomenclature
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Hierarchy of groupsbroadest to most specific
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
Broadest Most specific
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Mnemonic Device Poster Creation
King
Phillip
Came
Over
For
Good
Spaghetti
Katy
Perry
Climbed
Over
Frank's
Golden
Sofa
