1. Classifying Living Things
Appreciation and Protection of Marine Animals

2. How can we categorize and organize our cell phones into groups?

3. How do scientists organize and classify living things?
Size and shapes of organism?
DNA similarities?
Lifestyle- i.e feeding habits, role in the environment?
How Do Scientist Classify Organisms?

4. Red panda and Panda bear

5. New DNA evidence now classifies the red panda as more closely related to a raccoon (rodent) vs. a bear)

6. Linnaeus System of Classification
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General (Most Inclusive)
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7. 2 part scientific name = Genus and Species organism belongs to
Only 1 type!

8. Carl Linnaeus= Father of Taxonomy
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Taxonomy = the study of classifying organisms and their relationships to one another
Each category is called a TAXON (taxa = plural)
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9. BONUS POINTS: Correctly identify the taxa
Using your phones, work with your partner to find and record the scientific classification categories of a smooth hammerhead shark.

10. BONUS POINTS: Correctly classify a Smooth hammerhead shark
Domain: _____________
Kingdom: ____________
Phylum: _____________
Class: _______________
Order: _______________
Family: _______________
Genus: _______________
Species: _______________
*Scientific name? ______________

11. BONUS POINTS: Correctly classify an Hammer head shark
Domain: Eukarya (Eukaryotes have nucleus in their cell)
Kingdom: Animalia (Animals move and are heterotrophs)
Phylum: Chordata (Chordata have a backbone and spinal cord)
Class: Chondrichthyes (Cartilage fish with paired fins, scales: rays, sharks, etc)
Order: Carcharhiniformes (sharks)
Family: Sphyrnidae (shark with distinct hammer shaped head)
Genus: Sphyrna
Species: Zygaena (scientific name = Sphyrna zygaena)

12. Classify your FAVORITE MARINE ANIMAL!
Domain: _____________
Kingdom: ____________
Phylum: _____________
Class: _______________
Order: _______________
Family: _______________
Genus: _______________
Species: _______________
*Scientific name? ______________