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Chapter 1 Lesson 2
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Aristotle (384 BC- 322 BC) Greek Philosopher Classified based on two groups Plants and Animals Classified by the structure and size of an organism
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Swedish botanist and physician Classified based on similar structure He had two main groups called kingdoms
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1969 Proposed the five kingdom system Plantae, Animalia, Fungi, Monera, Protista
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Classification system is still changing Systematics is the way scientist do it. They use the organisms: Cell type Habitat Way it obtains energy Structure DNA structure Function of the organism
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Using systematics, scientists identified two different major groups of bacteria Archaea- (Ar kee uh) Bacteria These two groups became two domains. The last domain is Eukarya
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Linnaeus developed a two name system It is still called binomial nomenclature The two names are the genus and the species name. Genus- a group of similar species Species- a group of similar organisms with similar traits that can produce fertile offspring
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Several common names for one organism Several common names for many species- for example- bird could be cardinal or it could be chickadee Scientific names are the same worldwide Communication is easier because everyone uses the scientific name.
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Dichtomous keys Cladograms
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Is a series of descriptions arranged in pairs that lead a person to the identification of the organism
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Like a family tree A cladogram is branched diagram that shows the relationships among organisms including common ancestors.
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