1. Biological Organization

2. Organizing Life
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3. Biosphere
The Earth and all the environments inhabited by Life.

4. Ecosystems
All the living organisms and nonliving components that life interacts with in a particular area.

5. Communities
All the living organisms in a particular ecosystem

6. Population
All the individuals of a single species within the community

7. Organism
Each individual living thing

8. Organs and organ systems
A body part within the organism containing two or more tissues

9. Tissues
A group of similar cells that work together and carry out a specific function

10. Cells
Life’s fundamental unit of structure

11. Organelles
A functioning group of biomolecules

12. Molecule
A chemical structure
containing two or more atoms

13. Atom
The basic unit of matter

14. 3 Minutes to Organize
One person per group will grab a cup from the back. You and your partner have to organize the items in the cup.

15. Taxonomy
The way we group biological organisms - based on shared characteristics
Has changed over time

16. Brief History of Taxonomy
Aristotle – 350 BC – based on basic observations – two groups
Plants – small, medium, large
Animals – water, land, air

17. Brief History of Taxonomy
Carolus Linnaeus – 1753 – based on morphology and more solid science “Father of Taxonomy”
Plants
Animals

18. Brief History of Taxonomy
Ernst Haekel – 1866
Added protista
single celled organisms that were plant like and animal like

19. Brief History of Taxonomy
Robert Whittaker – 1969
Five Kingdom System
Monera
Plantae
Animalia
Fungi
Protista

20. Brief History of Taxonomy
Carl Woese – 1970’s to now
3 Domains, 6 kingdoms
Bacteria
Monera
Archaea
Plantaea
Animalia
Protista

21. More than Domains and Kingdoms
Mnemonic:
Did King Phillip Cry Out “For Goodness Sakes!”?

22. Domain
Three domains:
Archaea
Bacteria
Eukarya

23. Next 5 Kingdom – 6 total Phylum Class Order Family
Plantaea, Animalia, Fungi, Protista, Archaea, Bacteria
Phylum
Class
Order
Family

24. The Name of an Organism Genus Species Binomial Nomenclature:
*Uses Latin words

26. Thought to be over 530 species with in the Primate Order

27. Insect Collection 8 different orders, 8 total insects
Some class time in the next two weeks
Due Oct 3rd.