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1 Classification of Living Things
Scientists estimate that there are between 3 million and 100 million species of organisms on Earth. Taxonomists--biologists who specialize in identifying and classifying life on our planet--have named approximately 1.7 million species so far. Each year, about 13,000 new species are added to the list of known organisms. So, how do scientists classify (organize) all these millions of species?

2 2 Types of Cells 3 Domains and 4 Kingdoms EUKARYOTES PROKARYOTES
organisms with a nuclear membrane PROKARYOTES organisms with no nuclear membrane

3 Life's History and Diversity
The Big Picture 6/16/2019 Biol 1010, G. Podgorski

4 Life's History and Diversity
6/16/2019 The History of Life on Earth Multicellular eukaryotes (with nuclear membrane) evolved about 1 billion years ago. For 2.6 billion years, life was unicellular. Life began on Earth 3.6 billion years ago as a prokaryotic cell (single-celled organism with no nuclear membrane). The Earth formed 4.5 billion years ago. Biol 1010, G. Podgorski

5 Nucleolus Nuclear membrane List the similarities and differences between Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes.

6 Life's History and Diversity
6/16/2019 Life’s History and Diversity Line length reflects evolutionary distance. Note the close spacing of the groups plants (maize), fungi (yeast) and animals (humans). We’ve got a lot more in common with bacteria and plants than we think! Biol 1010, G. Podgorski

7 Life's History and Diversity
6/16/2019 Life’s History Animals diversified in the ocean about 600 million years ago. in the ocean Plants colonized land about 440 million years ago and were followed shortly by animals. Humans of any sort are a very recent evolutionary development (~ 7 million years ago). Biol 1010, G. Podgorski

8 Life's History and Diversity
6/16/2019 3 Domains and 6 Kingdoms Biol 1010, G. Podgorski

9 Life's History and Diversity
Archaea 6/16/2019 The Archaea are one of two groups of prokaryotic organisms, organisms with no nuclear membrane. (Bacteria are the other group.) Archaea are believed to be the earliest form of life on Earth. Although both archaea and bacteria are simple life-forms, archaea are very different from bacteria. ARCHAEA Archaea do not require sunlight for photosynthesis, as plants do, and they do not need oxygen. Archaea absorb CO2, N2, or H2S and give off methane gas as a waste product. Archaea are best known for living in extremely hostile environments (very hot, very acid, or very salty), but they can also be found in less extreme conditions. Biol 1010, G. Podgorski

10 Life's History and Diversity
6/16/2019 A Deep Sea Hydrothermal Vent – Prime Habitat for Archaean Extremophiles video of black smoker Biol 1010, G. Podgorski

11 Life's History and Diversity
6/16/2019 Hot springs in Yellowstone Park–“Hot” Spots for Archaean Extremophiles Prismatic Pool, Yellowstone Park Searching for Archaea in Yellowstone’s Obsidian Pool Archaea in Yellowstone Biol 1010, G. Podgorski

12 Life's History and Diversity
6/16/2019 Bacteria – the Most Abundant Organisms Bacteria (Staphylococcus aureus; yellow spheres) adhering to nasal cilia. Mycoplasma hyopneumoniae Borrelia burgdorferi, the bacterium that causes Lyme disease. E. Coli bacteria There are more bacteria in your mouth than there have been people living since the dawn of humans. Biol 1010, G. Podgorski

13 Life's History and Diversity
6/16/2019 What Good Are Bacteria? Bacteria are the primary recyclers of materials in the environment, particularly nitrogen. Newsflash!!! Bacteria discovered that can do photosynthesis! Biol 1010, G. Podgorski

14 Life's History and Diversity
6/16/2019 What Good Are Bacteria? Bacteria are also essential for many processes we depend on – sewage treatment, cheese production, antibiotic production, and biotechnological processes like gene cloning and protein production. Biol 1010, G. Podgorski

15 Bacteria are used to produce insulin and other drugs that people need.

16 The Domain Eukarya is divided into 4 Kingdoms:
Protista Fungi Plantae Animalia Classifying Critters activity

17 PROTISTS • Protists are eukaryotes because they all have a nucleus.
• Most have mitochondria. • Many have chloroplasts with which they carry on photosynthesis. • Many are unicellular and all groups (with one exception) contain some unicellular members. A better name for Protists would be "Eukaryotes that are neither Animals, Fungi, nor Plants". Protists Visit Protist Park

18 FUNGI FUNGI Fungi sometimes look like plants, but they’re not!
Fungi can’t do photosynthesis, because they don’t have chloroplasts; they get their nutrients from the organic material they live in.  Decomposers, like mushrooms, feed on dead organic material.  Some fungi feed on living organisms, such as plants, animals and even other fungi. This causes diseases and infections in these organisms (like athlete’s foot and ringworm in humans).  Some fungi live as symbiotic partners with algae. The result: lichen (pronounced “like-n”). more lichen Other differences from plants: • fungi don’t have roots, they have a mycelium. FUNGI • fungi’s cell walls are made of chitin, not cellulose.

19 PLANTS No vascular system Vascular system
Mosses, Liverworts, Hornworts Seedless Plants (reproduce by spores) Seed Plants (reproduce by seeds) Ferns, Horsetails, Club Mosses Gymnosperms (“naked seeds”) Angiosperms (flowers, seeds enclosed in fruit) Conifers Cycads Gingkoes Flowering Plants

20 ANIMALS Invertebrates (no backbone) Vertebrates (backbone)

21 Animal Classification

22 As you can see, we mammals (4000 species) are far outnumbered by the other vertebrates, or chordates (38,300). And vertebrates (42,300) are definitely outnumbered by invertebrates (989,700 species). The biggest categories of invertebrates: INSECTS!

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24 3 members of the genus “Felis” (cat).
Taxonomy, or classification, enables scientists to assign a very specific name to every species, so that scientists all over the world know exactly what species is being referred to.

25 Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Class
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26 Subfamily: Panthernae Genus: Panthera Species: Tigris
Kingdom:  Animalia Phylum:   Chordata Class:     Mammalia Order:    Carnivora Suborder:   Aeluroidae Family:   Felidae Subfamily:   Panthernae Genus:  Panthera Species:               Tigris                     Subspecies               Panthera tigris altaica Siberian or Amur Tiger, Southeast Russia/China  Panthera tigris tigris India   Panthera tigris amoyensis Southern China   Panthera tigris corbetti Indochina Panthera tigris sumatrae Sumatran Tiger, Sumatra                 

27 Life's History and Diversity
6/16/2019 Primates – Our Order within the Class Mammalia Humans: Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Mammalia Order: Primates Family: Hominidae Genus: Homo Species: H. Sapiens Biol 1010, G. Podgorski

28 Life's History and Diversity
6/16/2019 This is approximately where the last 60 million years of primate evolution has occurred. Biol 1010, G. Podgorski

29 Dichotomous Key Tool used by biologists to identify an unknown organism Series of paired statements of anatomical description that leads to an identification. S5

30 What bird am I ?

31 Bird W is Geospiza Bird X is Platyspiza Bird Y is Certhidea Bird Z is Camarhynchus

32 Key for Vertebrate Identification
What am I ??? 1. a) animal has a spine…………………..go to 2 b) animal has no spine………..…invertebrate 2. a) animal has no gills and fins……..…. go to 3 b) animal has gills and fins…………….. Fish 3. a) animal has no scales………… go to 4 b) animal has scales………………..….reptile 4. a) animal has feathers …………………..bird b) animal has no feathers ……………..go to 5 5. a) animal has hair…………………….mammal b) animal has no hair………………..amphibian

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