Classification of Living Things http www pembermuseum comgraphicsanimalkingdomtree

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1. Taxonomy: science of classifying organisms 2. Binomial Nomenclature: two word naming system a. C. Linneaus (1750’s) b. Genus species c. ex: Homo sapiens http: //images. google. com/images? svnum=10&hl=en&lr=&safe=vss&q=binomial+nomenclature

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Here is the “System” Kingdom Phylum/Division Class Order Family Genus Species Here’s for Memory: King Phillip Came Over From Germany Swimming

K: P/D: C: O: F: G: S: Scientific Humans Animalia Chordata Mammalia Primate Hominidae Fruit Fly Sweetbay Magnolia Animalia Plantae Arthropoda Magnoliophyta Insecta Magnoliopsida Diptera Magnoliales Drosophilidae Magnoliaceae Homo sapiens H. sapiens Drosophila Magnolia melanogaster virginiana D. melanogaster M. virginiana Name: http: //images. google. com/imgres? imgurl=http: //www. ncw. wsu. edu/ http: //images. google. com/imgres? imgurl=http: //images. google. com/images? svnum=10&hl=

1. Aristotle to mid 1900’s: 2 Kingdom Plant and Animals 2. Past 30 years: 5 Kingdom Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista, Monera 3. Present: 6 Kingdom Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista, Archaebacteria, Eubateria (Prokaryotae)

Major Characteristics of Living Organisms 1. Cell type (prokaryote or eukaryote) 2. Body organization: a. Unicellular vs Multicellular b. Body Forms: circular, symmetrical, irregular 3. Obtains Energy (autotroph or heterotroph) 4. Methods of Reproduction (sexual or asexual)