1. Classification

2. Biodiversity Definition: The variety of species living in an area
The _____________ biodiversity there is in an ecosystem, the ___________ that ecosystem is.
more
healthier

3. WHY, oh WHY do we CLASSIFY??

4. HOW do we Classify?
Anatomy
Cytology
BioChemistry
Embryology ?

5. LATIN
Language:
“Hey mate want to grab a joint, share a fag and wipe up with a nappy?”

6. Levels of Classification
Did
King
Phillip
Come
Over
For
Green
Soup
Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species

7. How does THIS represent the Levels of Classification?
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Primate
Hominidae
Homo
sapiens

8. Kingdom
Genus
Species
Family
Phylum
Order
Class

9. Scientific Names: Binomial Nomenclature
Cat
Chat
Felis domesticus or
Felis domesticus
γάτα
Katze
Gatto 猫

10. Honeoye Falls-Lima ? ◦cougars ◦mountain lion ◦panther ◦puma ◦catamount
Felis concolor

11. How to Write a Scientific name
Use the GENUS and SPECIES names.
Genus is first, species is second.
Genus is capitalized (first letter only), species is all lower case.
The entire name is either underlined or italicized (when handwritten, always underline).
Musca domestica
Ursus horribilis
Canus lupus

12. What the heck is a Cladogram?
A cladogram is a tree-like diagram showing evolutionary relationships.

13. Cladograms, continued…
Cladograms also show which groups are more related to each other than to other groups:
Example: snakes are more closely related to birds than they are to mammals.

14. Holy Cow!! Can you imagine doing all this?

15. Good Regents Question from June ’05 Exam

16. 3 Domains: How it all works…. Archea Bacteria Eukarya Archaebacteria:
Live in extreme conditions
Most primitive
Prokaryotic
Moneran:
Prokaryotic
Includes all bacteria except those that live in extreme conditions.
Protista
Fungi
Animalia
Plantae
(Info on next slide)
Kingdoms

17. The Eukarya Domain Protista Fungi Animalia Plantae
Unicellular and colonial
Both animal-like and plant-like
Auto- and heterotrophic
Multicelluar (EXCEPT yeast)
Heterotrophic
Non-motile
Sessile
Multicellular
Motile
Autotrophic

18. Dichotomous Keys
A tool that allows the user to determine the identity of items in the natural world, such as trees, wildflowers, mammals, reptiles, rocks, and fish. Keys consist of a series of choices that lead the user to the correct name of a given item.
For each item, there are two choices…

19. Example of a Key: 1.A. Has fur……………………..go to 2
1.B. No fur………………………go to 3
2.A. Has wings…………………BAT
2.B. No wings, tail……………..go to 7
3.A. Has scales…………………go to 4
3.B. No scales…………………..go to 5