Linnaean Classification of Organisms

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Biodiversity – Think--Pair – ShareWhere do we get all the biodiversity within a population?

MutationsRandom pairing of gametes

Independent assortment

Crossing over

Taxonomy

The classification of organisms

Carolus LinnaeusSwedish naturalist Devised a heirarchal

system for classifying and naming organisms

Elephants Tell your Dog why scientists classify organisms

The Linnaean SystemDomainKingdomPhylumClass OrderFamilyGenusSpecies

Dogs

Explain to your Elephant how the Linnaean heirarchy system separates organisms

Who is most related?The panda

and the grizzly

Or The black

bear and grizzly

Common names

Which one is a cougar? A mountain lion? A panther?

The common names were all different depending on the region. But they referred to the same organisms.

Binomial NomenclatureLinnaeus assigned organisms a

two-part name.Genus nameSpecies nameExample: Ursus arctos

Genus name is capitalizedSpecies name is lowercase

Elephants

Teach your dog how to name this creature using the Linnaeus binomial nomenclature.

Write the answer on an Exit Ticket

This is a Norn. Norns belong to the genus Norno. This

little guy is a “rajus”.

Dogs Teach your elephant how to name this

creature using the Linnaeus binomial nomenclature.

Write the answer on an Exit Ticket

This is a Norn. Norns belong to the genus Norno. This

little guy is a “dallus”.