classification of organisms is important because__________________________________...
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Classification of organisms is important because______________________________________________________________________.
_____________ ______________ are used to group organisms together.
As the number of ______________ ______________ used to group different organisms increases the number of different types of organisms in the group __________.
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Classification means sorting things into groups.
We classify organisms to make recognition and description easier.
Mare, trout, parrot, quarter horse, woodpecker, cocker spaniel, gold fish, Great Dane, eagle, bass,
beagle, hawk, stallion, Dalmatian, shark
Air Land
Non water
Animals
Water
DogsHorses
In order to better understand the organisms of Earth, Biologists organize them into groups.
The Linnean hierarchical classification was set up with the species as the smallest unit, and that each species was nested within a higher
category.
Carolus Linnaeus
For example Man in English is Hombre in Spanish, Herr in German, Ren in Chinese, and
Homo in Latin.
If a scientist refers today to Homo, all scientistsknow what organism/taxon he or she means.
Binomial NomenclatureA two word naming system used to identify species
Binomial NomenclatureA two word naming system used to identify species
Homo sapiensIdentifies the genus
of the organismDescribes a characteristic
of the organism
Italicized in print or underlined when handwritten
The first letter of the genus name is capitalizedThe first letter of the descriptive name is lower case
common name
Kingdom
PhylumClass
OrderFamily
GenusSpecies
How living things are classified
How living things are classified
Organisms that look alike and successfully interbreed belong to the same species
Genus
A group of similar species that have similarfeatures and are closely related.
Family
A group of similar genera, each sharingsimilar characteristics
Order
Is a taxon of similar families
Class
Is a taxon of similar orders
Phylum
Is a group of similar classes
Kingdom
A group of similar phyla or divisions
Species
How living things are classified
Species
Genus Genus
Species
Family Felidae
Order Carnivora
LynxFelis
Class MammaliaPhylum Chordata
Kingdom Animalia
Kings Play Cards On Fat Green Stools.
Kids Playing with Cars On Freeways Get Squashed.
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
Kings Play Cards On Fat Green Stools.
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Example: Man
Animal
Chordata
Mammalia
Primate
Hominidae
Homo
H.sapien
The number of kinds of organisms decreases down the spectrum until there is only one kind of
organism left for the group 'species‘.
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus apes HomoNew world Old world
monkeys
Primate
Tarsiers lemurs
Prosimians hominoids
Mammalia
Chordata
Animalia
SapiensSpecies