Topic: Classification of Living Things Notes
Name: ______________________________
Cohort:______________________________
Date:________________________________
Essential Question/Main Ideas:
Bell Ringer
1)How would you classify this organism?
a)
b)
c)
d)
Mammal
Reptile
Amphibian
Fish
2) Why? (please explain your answer in a complete sentence)
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CLASSIFICATION OF LIVING THINGS
WHY IS IT NECESSARY
TO CLASSIFY
ORGANISMS?
WHY IS IT NECESSARY
TO GIVE SCIENTIFIC
NAMES?
LINNEAUS “FATHER
OF TAXONOMY”
ORDER OF HIERARCHY
MODERN
CLASSIFICATION
1.) To study _______________________of life.
2.) To _________________and ___________organisms.
Common names are ________________________
Carolus Linnaeus: developed system of classification called
____________ ___________________
 ____ part naming system/ Gave organisms 2 names.
 GENUS: (noun): includes 1 or more _______________
_____________ species that are thought to be closely related.
 SPECIES: (adjective): a ____________of the species.
EX: Homo sapiens: wise / thinking man
RULES FOR NAMINING ORGANISMS
1. Written in _________________ (unchanging)
2. Genus ________________, species_________________
3. Both names are ________________ or _________________
1) _____________________________
2) _____________________________
3) _____________________________
4) _____________________________
5) _____________________________
6) ______________________________
7) ______________________________
Species within a _____________ are more ____________ ___________ to
each other than to species in another genus.
GENUS: Felis
CLADOGRAMS
GENUS: Canis
Scientists use similarities and differences in _______ to determine
classification and evolutionary relationships.
___________________: is an evolutionary ______ that shows how species
may be related through __________________ ancestors.
As organisms change and adapt new characteristics over time new branches
are added to the tree.
The ____________organisms = _______________ related.
The ____________ away organisms = __________ related.
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THREE-DOMAIN SYSTEM The three domains, which are __________than the ______________, are the
following:
1.) ______________ – protists, fungi, plants and animals
2.) ______________ – which corresponds to the kingdom Eubacteria.
3.) ______________ – which corresponds to the kingdom Archaebacteria.
THREE DOMAINS:
SIX KINGDOMS
KINGDOM
EUBACTERIA
KINGDOM
ARCHEABACTERIA
CELL TYPE:
# OF CELLS
NUTRITION
EXAMPLES
CELL TYPE:
# OF CELLS
NUTRITION
LOCATION
EXAMPLES
KINGDOM PROTISTA
CELL TYPE:
# OF CELLS
NUTRITION
EXAMPLES
KINGDOM FUNGI
Most Fungi are __________
CELL TYPE:
# OF CELLS
NUTRITION
EXAMPLES
KINGDOM PLANTAE
CELL TYPE:
# OF CELLS
NUTRITION
EXAMPLES
KINGDOM ANIMALIA
CELL TYPE:
# OF CELLS
NUTRITION
EXAMPLES