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2 Classification of Living Things Diversity of Life

3 What is classification? w the grouping of things according to characteristics w Taxonomy- the science of classifying organisms

4 Early systems w Aristotle- grouped animals according to the way they moved w John Ray- the first to use the term “species”

5 Binomial Nomenclature w Developed by Linnaeus w Two-name system w How we write scientific names

6 What is a scientific name? w Combination of the genus and species w italicized or underlined w Genus-capitalized w Species- lower-case w Canus familiaris

7 Questions w What is classification? w Why is classifying living things important? w What is taxonomy? w Describe binomial nomenclature.

8 Questions w Who developed a system for naming living organisms? w For what is John Ray known? w What is a scientific name of an organism and how is it written?

9 Eight classification groups of living things w Domain w Kingdom w Phylum w Class w Order w Family w Genus w Species

10 Questions w What are the eight classification groups? w Dear King Phillip Came Over For Good Spaghetti

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