Classification Sorting It All Out Classification Putting things
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Classification: Sorting It All Out
Classification • Putting things into orderly groups based on similar characteristics
Why do biologists classify organisms? • To help make sense and order of the many kinds of living things in the world
Who founded modern taxonomy? • Carolus Linnaeus
What is taxonomy? • The science of describing, classifying, and naming living things.
What system of classification is used today? • An eight level system based on shared characteristics
What does a branching diagram show? • Similarities and differences among organisms
What does a branching diagram look like? ORGANISMS TIMELINE CHARACTERISTICS
What are the eight levels of classification?
Why do scientists use scientific names? • To be clear and precise when they refer to a living thing • A scientific name remains the same for a specific kind of organism
What are the two parts of a scientific name? • Genus, species – Example: Tyrannosaurus rex
What is a dichotomous key? • An identification aid that uses sequential pairs of descriptive statements. • By working through the statements in the key order, a person can identify an organism.
What is it?
How do dichotomous keys help scientists? • By matching an organisms characteristics to the descriptive statements, a scientist can identify an unknown organism. • For example, your walking through the forest and you don’t know if the vine is poison ivy. Using a dichotomous key, you can match the characteristics and identify the plant.
External and internal sorting
Putting things together is called
Putting-out system
When was the loom invented
Proletarianization ap euro
Putting-out system
Putting it all together motion answer key
Practice notebook - putting it all together
Summarizing vs synthesizing
Example of bridge in introduction
Putting it all together
Putting it all to bed during project closeout includes
Songs with poetic devices
Living things 7 life processes
Sistem all in all out
