To organize living things in an orderly and consistent way. Classification To organize living things in an orderly and consistent way.

Biodiversity Definition: The variety of species living in an area The _____________ biodiversity there is in an ecosystem, the ___________ that ecosystem is. more healthier

WHY, oh WHY do we CLASSIFY?? When we classify things they are: Easier to find and identify. Allows is to see relationships.

HOW do we Classify? Anatomy Cytology BioChemistry Embryology ?

LATIN Language: Latin is the language of science, especially during Linnaeus’ time.

Levels of Classification Did King Phillip Come Over For Green Soup Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species

How does THIS represent the Levels of Classification? Animalia Chordata Mammalia Primate Hominidae Homo sapiens

Kingdom Phylum Class

Kingdom Genus Species Family Phylum Order Class

Scientific Names: Binomial Nomenclature Cat Chat Felis domesticus or Felis domesticus γάτα Katze Gatto 猫

Honeoye Falls-Lima ? ◦cougars ◦mountain lion ◦panther ◦puma ◦catamount Felis concolor

How to Write a Scientific name Use the GENUS and SPECIES names. Genus is first, species is second. Genus is capitalized (first letter only), species is all lower case. The entire name is either underlined or italicized (when handwritten, always underline). MUSCA DOMESTICA URSUS HORRIBILIS CANUS LUPUS (binomial nomenclature)

Dichotomous Keys A tool that allows the user to determine the identity of items in the natural world, such as trees, wildflowers, mammals, reptiles, rocks, and fish. Keys consist of a series of choices that lead the user to the correct name of a given item. For each item, there are two choices…

Dichotomous Keys: a series of two statement options to help identify an object 1 a. If chocolate……………………………………………….go to 2 b. If not chocolate…………………………………………..go to 3 2 a. If one large piece…………………………………………________________ b. If many smaller pieces…………………………………...________________ 3 a. If long, flexible and one color……………………………________________ b. If multicolored and small pieces………………………...________________ SNICKERS BAR M & Ms TWIZZLERS SKITTLES

What the heck is a Cladogram? A cladogram is a tree-like diagram showing evolutionary relationships.

Cladograms, continued… Cladograms also show which groups are more related to each other than to other groups: Example: snakes are more closely related to birds than they are to mammals.

Holy Cow!! Can you imagine doing all this?

Good Regents Question from June ’05 Exam

Domain Kingdom Characteristics Most primitive - Live in extreme Prokaryotic conditions Archea Archaebacteria Bizzaro Fact: The world’s largest organism is the Honey Mushroom, or Armillaria ostoyae. It is a fungus living 3 feet underground and covers the area of about 1,665 football fields. It is estimated to be between 2,400 and 7,200 years old! Prokaryotic Has only two phyla: blue green algae and eubacteria Bacteria Moneran Most diverse - Both plant and animal like Single celled - Auto and Heterotrophic Protista Heterotrophic - Sessile Multicellular (except yeast) Fungi Eukarya Autotrophic Multicellular Plantae Heterotrophic - Motile Multicellular Animalia

Name the correct Kingdom or Domain, or give a characteristic of a domain or kingdom! 100 pts per question (solo) OR 50 pts if you decide to use your team for help. Questions answered wrong can be stolen by another team for full points

Name the Kingdom 1. Contains multicellular organisms which must get their food from another organism…

Name the Kingdom 2. All of these organisms do photosynthesis.

Name the Domain(s) 3. Contains prokaryotic organisms…

Name the Kingdom 4

Name the Kingdom 5

Name the Kingdom 6

Name the Kingdom 7

Name a characteristic of Domain Eukarya… 8 All organisms in this domain contain cells with a nucleus.

9 Name a characteristic of Domain Archaea Most primitive cells (oldest cells) Live in extreme environments Prokaryotic cells (no nucleus)

Name the Kingdom and Domain 10

11 Name three Kingdoms in Eukarya Domain Animalia Plantae Fungi Protista

13 Name the Domain

14 Name the Domain

15 Name the kingdom and domain

16 Name a characteristic of the Kingdom fungi Heterotrophic Multicellular (except yeast) Non-motile

17 Name the Domain

18 Name the Domain

19 Name the Domain

20 Name the Kingdom and Domain

21 Name the levels of classification in order (largest to smallest) Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species