Classification grouping of different types of organisms based upon similarities in structure and evolutionary relationships

WHY CLASSIFY?  In order to more easily study the unity and diversity of living organisms in an organized manner, biologists classify organisms  This means that they group organisms together based on their common characteristics  Physical structure is often the primary basis for biological classification

Early classification  Animals & Plants  With the discovery of the MICROSCOPE in the 1600’s many new organisms were discovered  This was the basis for the change in the classification system

BIONOMIAL NOMENCLATURE  Carolus Linneaus devised binomial nomenclature  (2 names in Latin) Genus-Species  ex. scientific name of humans..... Homo sapiens  Homo is the genus name.... sapiens is the species name  Both have to be printed in italics or underlined  -Genus is ALWAYS capitalized

MODERN CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM: (from broadest to most specific)  KINGDOM  PHYLLUM  CLASS  ORDER  FAMILY  GENUS  SPECIES

HOW TO REMEMBER THAT:  KING PHILIP CAME OVER FOR GOOD SOUP

KINGDOMS:  The 6 Kingdom System is based on the following criteria: 1. Presence or absence of a nuclear membrane 2. Unicellularity versus multicellularity 3. Type of nutrition

Archaebacteria  most primitive and often live in extreme environments  LIVE IN UNUSUALLY HARSH ENVIRONMENTS  unicellular and no nucleus  This is the Proposed 6 th KINGDOM  There are 3 types:  salt loving, heat loving & methane loving

Kingdom Eubacteria  bacteria and blue green algae  have a primitive cell structure  no organized nucleus or nuclear membrane  Three basic types of bacteria  Coccus-  Baccillus-  Spirillum-

Kingdom Protista  Predominately unicellular organisms with plant or animal-like characteristics  examples include protozoa and all algae except the blue-green  have a true nucleus and nuclear membrane  Classification of Protists: Most protozoa are motile (CAN MOVE) and are divided into phyla based on their means of LOCOMOTION

Animal-like Protists  Often animal like Protists are called PROTOZOA  They can live in fresh or salt water, in the soil, or in the bodies of other organisms Plant-like Protists:  Plant-like Protists are commonly called ALGAE  They contain chloroplasts and are therefore AUTOTROPHIC

KINGDOM FUNGI  examples include yeasts, molds, and mushrooms  cells are usually organized into branched, multinucleate filaments which absorb digested food from the external environment  Mushrooms are made up of a network of tubes called HYPHAE

Kingdom Plantae  multicellular - possess chloroplasts and cell walls  make their own food - PHOTOSYNTHESIS  Reproduce sexually – can be asexual  Vascular plants are more advanced - they have evolved specialized tissues, xylem, which is involved in structural support and water conduction, and phloem, which functions in food conduction  Nonvascular plants are usually no more than an inch or two in height because they do not have adequate support, which is provided by vascular tissues to other plants, to grow bigger

Kingdom Animalia  multi-cellular organisms which ingest their food – HETEROTROPHS  Reproduce sexually