1. Classification of Living Things

2. 1.Taxonomy: science of classifying organisms
2. Binomial Nomenclature: two word naming system
a. C. Linneaus (1750’s)
b. Genus species
c. ex: Homo sapiens

4. Here is the “System” Here’s for Memory:
Kingdom King
Phylum/Division Phillip
Class Came
Order Over
Family From
Genus Germany
Species Swimming

5. Humans Fruit Fly Sweetbay Magnolia K: Animalia Animalia Plantae
P/D: Chordata Arthropoda Magnoliophyta
C: Mammalia Insecta Magnoliopsida
O: Primate Diptera Magnoliales
F: Hominidae Drosophilidae Magnoliaceae
G: Homo Drosophila Magnolia
S: sapiens melanogaster virginiana
Scientific H. sapiens D. melanogaster M. virginiana
Name:

6. Aristotle to mid 1900’s: 2 Kingdom
Plant and Animals
Past 30 years: 5 Kingdom
Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista,
Monera
Present: 6 Kingdom
Archaebacteria, Eubateria (Prokaryotae)

7. Major Characteristics of Living Organisms
Cell type (prokaryote or eukaryote)
Body organization:
a. Unicellular vs Multicellular
b. Body Forms: circular, symmetrical, irregular
Obtains Energy (autotroph or heterotroph)
4. Methods of Reproduction (sexual or asexual)