1. Classifying Biological Diversityp

2. Carolus Linnaeus
In the 18th century he developed a system for naming and classifying organisms.
He used Latin.
Why??
It was the common scientific language of his time.
Brought world wide consistency to the naming of species.

3. Two words name each living thing
First word: name of the genus (always capitalized)
Second word: the particular species (never capitalized)
No two species can have the same name.
Closely related species can have the same genus name but not species name.
Ex: timber wolf – Canis lupis
domestic dog – Canis familiaris

4. Linnaeus arranged species into groups based on their physical structure rather than their habitat (which earlier systems had done).
Because the same Latin names are used worldwide, each scientist will know which species another scientist is discussing.

5. 5 kingdom system: Animalia (animals) Plantae (plants)
Fungi (yeasts, molds and mushrooms)
Protista (mostly single-celled organisms)
Monera (bacteria)

6. Classifying further Each kingdom is classified further into: Example:
Phyla
Class
Order
Family
Genera (genus)
Species
Example:
White spruce
Kingdom: Plantae
Phyla: Coniferophyta
Class: Pinopsida
Order: Pinales
Family: Pinaceae
Genus: Picea
Species: Pincea glauca

7. Pneumonic Devices
Used when trying to remember an order of terms of facts.
How can we remember the order of Kingdom, Phyla, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species?

8. Classifying Pneumonic Device
Kingdom
King
Kids
Phyla
Phillip
Prefer
Class
Came
Cookies
Order
Over
Family
For
Fried
Genus
Great
Green
Species
Spaghetti
Spinach

9. classification rap

10. Biological Diversity under the Sea
Coral reefs have been called the “amazons of the oceans” because of the richness of their species diversity.
Like tropical rainforests, coral reefs support different communities of organisms surviving on a small amount of nutrients, which are very efficiently recycled.

11. Coral reefs Coral polyps form the living layer of the reef
Calcium carbonate form the hard parts.
They can be massive and thousands of years old.