1. Activity How would you sort the items found on the front desk?
What guidelines would you use to group them?
How many groups would you have?

2. Life is Very Diverse
There are many different types of organisms on Earth.
100,000 species of fungi
290,000 plant species
52,000 vertebrate species
1,000,000 insect species
Could be anywhere from million species total!!

3. Taxonomy
In order to better understand the many species, we try to group them.
Taxonomy-the branch of biology that names and classifies species.

4. Classifying Organisms
King
Philip
Comes
Over
For
Great
Soup

5. How to Write Scientific Names
The text should be in italics, or underlined if writing rather than typing.
The first word, the genus, should be Capitalized
The second word, the species, should be lower case.
Example: Homo sapiens

6. How Do We Decide on Groups?
Before the advancement in genetics, many scientists had to group them based on their appearance.
Now that genetics is more advanced we can determine groups based on how related the organisms are.
More closely related organisms should be grouped together.
The closer the relation, the more similar their genes.

7. As Science Advances, Classifications Change
Taxonomy is always changing as we learn more in the field of science.
Paser domesticus Order: Passeriformes Family: Passeridae

8. Domains Foldable Fold your paper into 3 sections
Label the top section Bacteria
Label the middle section Archaea
Label the bottom section Eukarya

9. Crash Course: Taxonomy
Taxonomy Crash Course (Resources Page)
Put characteristics of each Domain in the correct section as they are discussed.