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Part One What is classification? Phylogeny Binomial Nomenclature Dichotomous Keys
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What is classification? Whenever you place similar items together, you are classifying them. Look at the images on the next page. What do they have in common? How many different ways can you divide these flying things into groups? Choose a method to classify these objects. Start with 2 headings and then subdivide each group.
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Phylogeny The evolutionary relationships between organisms. Used today to classify organisms into 6 Kingdoms: Plants –complex multicellular cells, make own food Animals – complex multicellular cells, heterotrophs (eat other organisms) Fungi – complex multicellular cells, decomposer, ex. Mushrooms, mold, & mildew Protists – complex unicellular, ex. algae Archaebacteria – one celled, live in extreme environments Eubacteria – one celled, most bacteria (Secondary Science Program: Rhode Island College)
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Kingdoms Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Pneumonic Device: King Phillip can only find green socks!
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Kingdom is the largest category and then it gets subdivided into smaller and smaller groups. Species is the smallest group - only organisms that are the same species can mate & produce fertile offspring
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How does all of this work? KingdomAnimalia PhylumChordata Arthropoda ClassMammalia Insecta OrderPerissodactyla ProboscideaDictyoptera FamilyEquidae ElephantidaeCryptocercidae GenusEquus ElephasCryptocercus speciesgrevyicaballusmaximuspunctulatus Common Name ZebraHorseElephantCockroach
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Questions Which two organisms on the previous slide are most closely related? Which are more closely related, the horse and cockroach or horse and elephant?
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Binomial Nomenclature Two word naming system. The first word is the genus. A genus is a group of similar species. The second word is the species. Example: Maple trees are in the genus Acer. There are many kinds of maple trees, so they have a species name also. Acer rubrum – Red Maple Acer saccharum – Sugar Maple
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Why do we use Binomial Nomenclature? Helps avoid mistakes. Example: Lizards Green Iguana (Iguana Iguana) (Myska) Desert Iguana (Disposaurus doralis) (Seaman)
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Organisms with similar evolutionary histories are classified together. ◦Question: Look at the names of these organisms. Which are more closely related? Panthera oncajaguar Lynx rufusbobcat Panthera tigristiger Puma concolorcougar
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Gives descriptive information about the species. Example: Acer rubrum – Red Maple. Rubrum is Latin for red. Allow information about organisms to be easily organized into books, pamphlets, etc.
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Question List, in order, the 7 categories used to classify a single organism?
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Dichotomous Keys Detailed list of identifying characteristics and scientific names Example: page 26 in textbook
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PART TWO – A CLOSER LOOK INTO THE ANIMAL KINGDOM PART TWO – A CLOSER LOOK INTO THE ANIMAL KINGDOM
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Phyla of the Animal Kingdom Annelida Arthropoda Chordata Cnidaria Echinodermata Mollusca Nematoda Porifera
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Phylum Annelida Bilateral symmetry Uniformly segmented body Parapodia – fleshy “legs” Bristles Examples: earthworms, bristle worms, leeches
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Phylum Annelida Bristle Worm (Read)
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Phylum Arthropoda Bilateral symmetry Segmented body Hard exoskeleton Jointed legs Examples: insects, spiders, crustaceans
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Phylum Arthropoda (Sparks, 2007) (FreeDigitalPhotos.net, no date) (NOAA, 2005)
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Phylum Chordata Bilateral symmetry Have or had a tail Notochord Embryonic gill slits Examples: vertebrates, sea squirts
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Phylum Chordata (Elasmodiver.com, no date) (Fireflower Systems Limited, no date) (Hicker, 2008)
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Phylum Cnidaria Radial symmetry Ring of tentacles around mouth Stinging cells Examples: jellyfish, sea anemones, coral (Muller, 2001)
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Phylum Cnidaria (Chpt. 10) (BBC)
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Phylum Echinodermata Five part radial symmetry Tube feet Spiny skin Examples: sea stars, sea cucumbers, sea urchins, sand dollars
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Phylum Echinodermata (Zubi, 2003) (Zubi, 2005) (Ditchburn, no date)
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Phylum Mollusca Bilateral symmetry Have or had a shell Soft bodied with a muscular “foot” Examples: snails, slugs, bivalves, squid, octopus
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Phylum Mollusca (Xylem Elements, 2008) (Zander, 2007) (Huston, no date)
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Phylum Nematoda Bilateral symmetry Round, unsegmented body Cuticle Example: round worms, hook worms, pin worms
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Phylum Nematoda (Myers, 2001)
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Phylum Porifera Asymmetrical or radial symmetry Have many pores Made up of a group of cells that have aggregated but do not form tissues Example: Sponges
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Phylum Porifera (Missouri Botanical Garden, 2002)
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Follow-up Questions Sketch an organism with bilateral symmetry and one with radial symmetry. Draw the lines of symmetry over your sketch. Which of the following is an animal? a. Mushroom b. Spider c. Maple tree d. Bacteria
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