1. CLASSIFICATION & 6 KINGDOM NOTES

2. Why classify organisms?
To organize the diversity of life
To help us know what organism we are referring to
Ex. Brown animal – beaver or bison?

3. In order to work well, a classification system must be established and logical

4. Who developed our current classification system, and what is it?
The Swedish biologist Carolus Linneaus developed the classification system we currently use today.
His classification system consists of 7 levels; they are:

5. Classification System
Hint Levels Example Broadest
King Kingdom Animalia
Phillip Phylum Chordata
Came Class Mammalia
Over Order Carnivora
For Family Canidae
Green Genus Canus
Soup species familiaris Most specific

6. Example
grouping together all forms of life having certain fundamental characteristics in common:

7. 6 KINGDOMS
ANIMALIA
PLANTAE
PROTISTA
FUNGI
ARCHEABACTERIA
EUBACTERIA

8. Activity: Classify yourself!!!
Ex: Ms. Teacher’s Classification
Kingdom------NEISD
Phylum RRHS
Class Freshman
Order Biology
Family Class period (teacher)
Genus Last Name
Species First Name

9. How do we name organisms?
In our classification system, each organism is given a two-part scientific name; this system of naming organisms is called binomial nomenclature

10. We use Latin to name organisms
1. It is a “dead,” unchanging language
2. Scientists can communicate regardless of their native language

11. Why do we use Scientific Names?
In USA & England - house sparrow
In Spain - gorrion
In Holland – musch
In Sweden – hussparf
Scientific Name - Passer domesticus

12. Every scientific name follows 3 rules:
1. The entire name is italicized or underlined (handwritten)
2. The name is made up of the Genus and species names of the organism
3. The first word is capitalized and the second is lowercase.
Examples: Homo sapiens, Canus familiaris, Equus caballus