Classification To organize living things in an orderly and consistent way

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ClassificationTo organize living things in an orderly and consistent way.

Biodiversity• Definition: The variety of species living in an area

• The _____________ biodiversity there is in an ecosystem, the ___________ that ecosystem is.

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HOW do we Classify?• Anatomy

• Cytology

• BioChemistry

• Embryology

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Language: LATIN

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Levels of Classification

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• Domain• Kingdom• Phylum• Class• Order• Family• Genus• Species

How does THIS represent the

Levels of Classification?

Animalia

Chordata

Mammalia

Primate

Hominidae

Homo

sapiens

Kingdom

Phylum

Class

Kingdom

Phylum

Class

Order

FamilyGenus

Species

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◦cougars

◦mountain lion

◦panther

◦puma

◦catamount Felis concolor

Dichotomous Keys• A tool that allows the user to determine the

identity of items in the natural world, such as trees, wildflowers, mammals, reptiles, rocks, and fish. Keys consist of a series of choices that lead the user to the correct name of a given item.

• For each item, there are two choices…

Dichotomous Keys:a series of two statement options to help

identify an object

1 a. If chocolate……………………………………………….go to 2

b. If not chocolate…………………………………………..go to 3

2 a. If one large piece…………………………………………________________

b. If many smaller pieces…………………………………...________________

3 a. If long, flexible and one color……………………………________________

b. If multicolored and small pieces………………………...________________

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M & Ms

TWIZZLERS

SKITTLES

What the heck is a Cladogram?

A cladogram is a tree-like diagram showing evolutionary relationships.

Cladograms, continued…

• Cladograms also show which groups are more related to each other than to other groups:

• Example: snakes are more closely related to birds than they are to mammals.

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Domain Kingdom Characteristics

Archea

Bacteria

Eukarya

Archaebacteria

Moneran

- Most primitive - Live in extreme

- Prokaryotic conditions

- Prokaryotic

- Has only two phyla: blue green algae and eubacteria

Protista- Most diverse - Both plant and animal like

- Single celled - Auto and Heterotrophic

Fungi- Heterotrophic - Sessile

- Multicellular (except yeast)

Plantae- Autotrophic

- Multicellular

Animalia- Heterotrophic - Motile

- Multicellular

Bizzaro Fact:

The world’s largest organism is the Honey Mushroom, or

Armillaria ostoyae. It is a fungus living 3 feet underground and covers the area of about 1,665

football fields. It is estimated to be between 2,400 and 7,200

years old!

Name the correct Kingdom or Name the correct Kingdom or Domain, or give a Domain, or give a characteristic of a domain or characteristic of a domain or kingdom!kingdom!

100 pts per question (solo)100 pts per question (solo)OROR50 pts if you decide to use 50 pts if you decide to use your team for help.your team for help.Questions answered wrong can Questions answered wrong can be stolen by another team for be stolen by another team for full pointsfull points

Contains multicellular organisms which Contains multicellular organisms which must get their food from another must get their food from another organism…organism…

Name the Kingdom

Name the KingdomName the Kingdom

►All of these organisms do All of these organisms do photosynthesis.photosynthesis.

Name the Domain(s)Name the Domain(s)

►Contains prokaryotic organisms…Contains prokaryotic organisms…

Name the KingdomName the Kingdom

Name the KingdomName the Kingdom

Name the KingdomName the Kingdom

Name the KingdomName the Kingdom

Name a characteristic of Name a characteristic of Domain Eukarya…Domain Eukarya…

►All organisms in this domain contain All organisms in this domain contain cells with a nucleus.cells with a nucleus.

Name a characteristic of Name a characteristic of Domain ArchaeaDomain Archaea

►Most primitive cells (oldest cells)Most primitive cells (oldest cells)►Live in extreme environmentsLive in extreme environments►Prokaryotic cells (no nucleus)Prokaryotic cells (no nucleus)

Name the Kingdom and Name the Kingdom and DomainDomain

Name three Kingdoms in Name three Kingdoms in Eukarya DomainEukarya Domain

►AnimaliaAnimalia►PlantaePlantae►FungiFungi►ProtistaProtista

Name the DomainName the Domain

Name the DomainName the Domain

Name the kingdom and Name the kingdom and domaindomain

Name a characteristic of the Name a characteristic of the Kingdom fungiKingdom fungi

►HeterotrophicHeterotrophic►Multicellular (except yeast)Multicellular (except yeast)►Non-motileNon-motile

Name the DomainName the Domain

Name the DomainName the Domain

Name the DomainName the Domain

Name the Kingdom and Name the Kingdom and DomainDomain

Name the levels of classification Name the levels of classification in order (largest to smallest)in order (largest to smallest)

►DomainDomain►KingdomKingdom►PhylumPhylum►ClassClass►OrderOrder►Family Family ►Genus Genus ►SpeciesSpecies

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