2. 10/24 CLASSIFICATION SIMILARITIES DIFFERENCES
I can identify how
organisms are related to one
another by using classification.
10/24 CLASSIFICATION
SIMILARITIES
DIFFERENCES
EVOLUTIONARY RELATIONSHIPS
Multicellular or Unicellular?
Plant or animal?
Backbone or no backbone?
Hair, feathers, scales?

3. Narrowest, most specific
TAXONOMY
Broadest,
least specific
K I N G D O M
P H Y L U M
C L A S S
O R D E R
F A M I L Y
G E N U S
S P E C I E S
Largest, LEAST specific
Narrowest, most specific
Smallest, MOST specific

4. KING PHILLIP CALLED OVER FOR GOOD SPAGHETTI

5. SCIENTIFIC NAME
GENUS
SPECIES

6. What is the SCIENTIFIC NAME for HUMANS? Homo sapiens
Example: Humans
What is the SCIENTIFIC NAME for HUMANS? Homo sapiens

7. SCIENTIFIC NAME = Genus + Species
RULES:
More similar classification = more closely related
Same GENUS means MOST CLOSELY related

8. SCIENTIFIC NAME = Genus + Species
RULES:
More similar classification = more closely related
Same GENUS means MOST CLOSELY related

9. CLADOGRAMS
Branching diagrams that show EVOLUTIONARY relationships and SIMILAR CHARACTERISTICS between organisms

10. Closer organisms = more closely related
RULES:
Closer organisms = more closely related
Ancestors at nodes (branching points)
Hash marks – defining characteristic

11. How to read a Cladogram

12. How to read a Cladogram