1. Classification Introduction: Tree of Life Foldable

2. Instructions Get a long piece of construction paper Fold in half – HOT DOG style It will need 6 flaps Label according to the diagram on your instruction paper You have no more than 5 minutes to do this! GO!

3. Tree of Life Metaphor used to explain the relationships and evolution of all life on Earth (common ancestors) Based on phylogeny

4. Linnaeus Carolus Linnaeus (1707-1778) Father of the Modern Classification System Based his model of classification on physical similarities

5. Taxonomy Science of naming and classifying organisms Levels of classification: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species Groupings become more specific (fewer organisms as you move from Kingdom to Species

6. Binomial Nomenclature Scientific Naming System Each organism has a 2 part name Uses the Genus and species name Ex. Wolf – Canus lupus

7. Phylogeny Evolutionary History of the Organism Used to group similar organisms based on common ancestry Illustrated with a Cladogram

8. Six Kingdoms Modern Classification System 3 Domains  2 Prokaryotic Kingdoms, 4 Eukaryotic Kingdoms Archaebacteria, Eubacteria, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, Animalia