1. TAXONOMY CLASSIFICATION

2. 1.CLASSIFICATION is the ______________of organisms based on ___________________such as: a)Physical characteristics-structure and __________________________. b)Biochemistry-___________________and DNA c)Behavior-ecological interactions and/or _________________________needs. d)Embryonic development e)__________________________history (phylogeny). GROUPING SIMILARITIES FUNCTION GENETICS REPRODUCTIVE EVOLUTIONARY

3. 2. TAXONOMY is the branch of _______________that groups and names ______________________. The scientist is called a ____________________. 3.Aristotle (384-322 BC) was a __________philosopher who was the first to devise a method of ___________________. SCIENCE LIVING THINGS TAXONOMIST GREEK CLASSIFICATION

4. 4.Carolus Linnaeus (1707-1778): His classification system is sill used today. It is based on physical ___________________that led to classifications based on close ______________________________ of organisms. 5.BINOMIAL NOMENCLATURE is two ___________ words that are used to give an organism a ___________________name. The first word is the___________ and the second word is the _____________. SIMILARITIES EVOLUTIONARY RELATIONSHIPS LATIN SCIENTIFIC GENUS SPECIES

5. The rules for writing a scientific name are: 1)Both words are either italicized or ___________________________. 2)The first letter in the genus name is _______________________and the species is in _________________case. UNDERLINED CAPITALIZED LOWER

6. 6)Six major Kingdoms of all organisms are: a)Kingdom____________________ b)Kingdom____________________ c)Kingdom____________________ d)Kingdom____________________ e)Kingdom____________________ f)Kingdom____________________ ARCHAEBACTERIA EUBACTERIA PROTISTA FUNGI PLANTAE ANIMALIA

7. 7)Each Kingdom is subdivided into levels of hierarchy: KINGDOM _____________ ______________ _______________ ______________ ___________ PHYLUM CLASS ORDER FAMILY GENUS SPECIES

8. 8)EXAMPLE: Homo sapiens (K) Animalia (P) Chordata (C) Mammala (O) Primates (F) Homindae (G) Homo (S) sapiens