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Prokaryotic Cell
•no nucleus•has cell wall
A review of what you’ve learned about cells and living organisms
Autotrophs capture the light energy from sunlight and convert it to chemical energy they use for food.
Heterotrophs must get energy by eating autotrophs or other heterotrophs.•Carnivores•Herbivores•Omnivores
Decomposers are heterotrophs that recycle dead organisms by breaking them down.
• Taxonomy is the science of grouping and naming organisms.
Groups organisms based on similarities
• Classification the grouping of information or objects based on similarities.
•We only know about a fraction of the organisms that exist or have existed on Earth.
•Taxonomists give a unique scientific name to each species they know about, whether it’s alive today or extinct.
•The scientific name comes from one of two “dead” languages – Latin or ancient Greek.
•Why use a dead language?
•There are at least 50 common names for the cat shown on the previous slides.
•Common names vary according to region.
•Soooo……why use a scientific name?There are about 1.5 million species already named
Scientists estimate between 2 and 100 million species that haven’t been discovered yet
Binomial Nomenclature
•developed by Carolus Linnaeus
•a two-name system for writing scientific names.
•The genus name is written first (always Capitalized). •The species name is written second (never capitalized). •Both words are italicized if typed or underlined if hand written.
•Example: Felis concolor or F. concolor
1. Which is the genus? The species?
The major classification levels from most general to most specific (several of these have subdivisions)
•Linnaeus grouped organisms based on physical similarities•Today, organisms are grouped based on evolutionary characteristics
A group at any level is a taxon.
Kingdoms are divided into groups called phyla Phyla are subdivided into classes
Classes are subdivided into orders
Orders are subdivided into families Families are divided into genera Genera contain closely related species
Species is unique
Remember: King Philip came over for George’s sword.
Categories within Kingdoms
The Six Kingdoms and Domainsnumber of cells
energy cell type examples
Archaebacteria
unicellular some autotrophic, most chemotrophic
prokaryotic “extremophiles”
Eubacteria unicellular autotrophic and heterotrophic
prokaryotic bacteria, E. coli
Fungae most multicellular
heterotrophic eukaryotic mushrooms, yeast
Plantae multicellular
autotrophic eukaryotic trees, grass
Animalia multicellular
heterotrophic eukaryotic humans, insects, worms
Protista multicellular
heterotrophic or autotrophic
eukaryotic amoeba, paramecium, algae
The Dichotomous Key
• A key is a device for easily and quickly identifying an unknown organism.
• The dichotomous key is the most widely used type in biological sciences.
• The user is presented with a sequence of choices between two statements, couplets, based on characteristics of the organism. By always making the correct choice, the name of the organism will be revealed.
Phylogeny, the evolutionary history of an organism, is the cornerstone of a branch of biology called systematic taxonomy.
Systematics, as systematic taxonomy is commonly called, is the study of the evolution of biological diversity.
Modern Taxonomy
A phylogenetic tree is a family tree that shows a hypothesis about the evolutionary relationships thought to exist among groups of organisms. It does not show the actual evolutionary history of organisms.
Phylogenetic trees are usually based on a combination of these lines of evidence:
Fossil recordMorphology-deals with physical structures and organs (like arms)Embryological patterns of developmentChromosomes and DNA
These animals have evolved similar adaptations for obtaining food because they occupy similar niches. What can you infer about their phylogeny from their geographic locations?
Convergent Evolution
Analogous Structures -
•Traits that are morphologically and functionally similar even though there is no common ancestor.
Convergent evolution leads to……….
Cladistics - is a relatively new system of phylogenetics classification that uses shared derived characters to establish evolutionary relationships.
A derived character is a feature that apparently evolved only within the group under consideration.