Unit 1 – Diversity of Living Things TAXONOMY Unit 1 – Diversity of Living Things
HOW DO WE ORGANIZE LIVING THINGS? We name all organisms using many names: K ingdom King P hylum Phillip C lass Cried O rder Out F amily “For G enus Goodness S pecies Sakes!” Each level is called a “taxon” s p e c i f i c
SIX KINGDOMS Unicellular single-cell Multicellular many cells Prokaryotic no nucleus present in cells Eukaryotic nucleus present in cells Each kingdom has many phyla Each phylum has many classes Each class has many orders Etc.
TAXONOMY Taxonomy system of naming organisms Carl Linnaeus Swedish botanist and ecologist Designed binomial nomenclature binomial = two-name nomenclature = system Scientific name of any animal: Genus species Written in italics “Genus” is capitalized Names are Latin/Greek Carl Linnaeus Homo sapien
CLADOGRAMS Cladogram the family tree for all living things that describes phylogenetic (evolutionary) relationships How do we figure out how organisms are related? Look for homologies (common characteristics)! Dichotomous keys: Classifying based on presence/absence of traits (yes/no questions)
DINOSAUR CLADOGRAM Common ancestors areat the base, and branches are evolutionary “families” with common traits
RECAP: TAXONOMY KEY WORDS Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species Taxon (plural: taxa) Unicellular, multicellular Prokaryotic, eukaryotic Taxonomy Binomial nomenclature Cladogram Phylogeny / phylogenetic Homology / homologies / homologous Dichotomous key