Classification of Living Things 7 th Grade Science

Classification of Living Things 7 th Grade Science Diversity of Life

What is classification? w Classification is the grouping of things according to characteristics w The science of classifying organisms is known as taxonomy

Early classification systems w Aristotle grouped animals according to the way they moved w John Ray was the first to use the term “species”

Binomial Nomenclature w Developed by Linnaeus w Two-name system w Each organism has a genus and a species name w First name (genus); second name (species)

What is a scientific name? w Combination of the genus and species name of an organism w Scientific names of organisms are always italicized or underlined: (Genus is capitalized; species name is lower-case)

Questions w What is classification? w Why is classifying living things important? w What is taxonomy? w Describe binomial nomenclature.

Questions w Who developed a system for naming living organisms? w For what is John Ray known? w What is a scientific name of an organism and how is it written?

Seven classification groups of living things w Domain w Family w Kingdom w Genus w Phylum w Species w Class w Order

Questions w What are the seven classification groups? w Don Kings Play Cards On Fat Green Stools w Don King Philip Came Over For Good Spaghetti