1. Classification of Living Things
Learning About The
Kingdoms
Of Life

2. What is Classification?
The organization of objects using characteristics & attributes

3. Biological Classification
Systems that name & organize living things in a meaningful way
AKA taxonomy

4. History Aristotle 400 BC Not a good system. Why?????
Used 2 categories and subdivided according to how they moved & where they lived
Plants
Air, land, water
Animals
Not a good system. Why?????
Used for 2000 years

5. History
1600’s began to classify according to similarities in form (structure)
1700’s Carolus Linnaeus (Swedish)
Created system used today
Used system to ID all known plants & animals of his time
Developed a systematic naming process
Simple, logical, easy

6. Old Naming System (pre-Linnaeus)
Confusing
Had up to 12 names
Names for same animal/plant different in different countries & books

7. Modern System (post-Linnaeus)
2 functions
1 groups organisms according to basic characteristics
2 gives unique name to each organism
Ranges from general (Kingdom) to specific (Species)
Based on evolutionary relationships
To be in same species, must be capable of interbreeding & produce fertile young
EX: horse + donkey = mule (not fertile)
EX: lion + tiger = liger/tigon (not fertile)

8. Think of it like this…
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species

9. Kings Play Cards On Fat Green Stools
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Binomial Nomenclature- 2 name naming system
Bi two
Nom name
Clature system
Uses Genus & species
EX: Homo sapiens AKA modern man

10. HOMEWORK
Come up with a new mnemonic device to help remember the classification system
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
Make a picture to go with your saying
Be creative 
Due Tomorrow!
Must be a neat, final copy
Picture colored

11. The Five Kingdoms

12. Animals Multicellular
Specialized cells & structures, including tissues, organs, organ systems
Own form of locomotion
Heterotrophs
No rigid cell walls
1,000,000+ known species

13. Plants Multicellular Specialized cells and structures
Photosynthesizes food (makes own)
Rigid cell walls for support made of cellulose
250,000+ known species

14. Fungi Multicellular Specialized cells & structures Absorbs food
Has rigid cell walls made of chitin
100,000+ known species

15. Protists Unicellular or multi cellular microscopic
Nucleus seen inside cell
Sometimes found in chains or colonies, but don’t work together
Has other cell structures
250,000+ known species
Absorbs, ingests or photosynthesizes (makes own) food

16. Monerans Single celled (unicellular) Microscopic
No nucleus inside cell
Lacks other cell structures
Absorbs food
10,000+ known species