1. Classification of Living Organisms
Kingdoms of Life
Classification of Living Organisms

2. What does it mean to classify?
Classification – to place items into a group based on characteristics that they have in common.

3. Carl Linnaeus Swedish 1707 (how long ago was that)
Father and grandfather were Lutheran priests
God created the world, so studying the world was studying God.
Studied and became a doctor.
Wrote The System of Nature
Became a professor

4. 5 Kingdoms of Life
* Plant (

5. All organisms can be organized into one of five kingdoms
All organisms can be organized into one of five kingdoms. This system was developed by Carl Linnaeus.
1. Animal
2. Plant
3. Fungi
4. Monera
5. Protist

6. LATIN Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Variety
Animalia – an animal
Chordata – internal skeleton (spinal chord)
Mammalia – a mammal
Carnivora – carnivor
Canidae – dog like characteristics
Canis – coyote, wolves, dogs
Familiaris – domesticated
Collie – the specific breed
LATIN

7. You can remember the subgroups of each kingdom with this acronym…
King = kingdom
Philip = phylum
Came = class
Over = order
For = family
Good = genus
Spaghetti = species

8. Taxonomy – A system of classifying living things, that gets increasingly more specific.

9. The genus and species of a human is:
Homo – man (human)
sapien –wise

10. Kingdom Monera
What is a moneran?
Moneran – an organism without a membrane-bound nucleus; also known as a prokaryote; most monerans have only 1 cell.
Bacteria
What is an example of a moneran?

11. Review: What is a protist?
Kingdom Protista
Review: What is a protist?
Protist – an organism that is typically one cell that has a membrane bound nucleus.
Examples of protists:
Algae
Amoeba
Euglena
Protozoan
Diatoms

12. Protista
Algae: a group of protists that can make their own food through photosynthesis. GREEN

13. Euglena: a tiny single-celled organism; often classified as algae
Protista
Euglena: a tiny single-celled organism; often classified as algae

14. Why can we see algae? Cell Colony – groups of identical cells.
Protista
Why can we see algae?
Algal cells form together in cell colonies.
A single colony can consist of up to 500 cells each with a pair of flagella for movement.
The colony works together and moves as one unit.
Cell Colony – groups of identical cells.

15. Protista
Amoeba: a one-celled organism that moves by continually changing shape; can only be seen with a microscope.

16. Fungus
Fungus

17. Fungi
Fungus – a decomposing, or parasitic organism that is separated from the plant kingdom because of the way it gets nutrients.

18. Fungi
Examples of fungi:
Mushrooms
Yeast
Mold
Mildew

19. Fungi - Mushrooms
Spore – a single reproductive cell that when released can grow into a new fungus.

20. Animalia
Animal – multi-celled organism that can move; able to consume other organisms for food (food chain).

21. Animalia Vertebrates – animals with a backbone
Invertebrates – animals without a backbone

22. invertebrates

23. Animal - Invertebrates
Invertebrates do not have an internal skeletal systems. There are 6 groups of invertebrates: worms, echinoderms, mollusks, arthropods, and cnidarians.
Look at the invertebrates in the following slides and explain how…
#1 they survive without an internals skeleton
#2 benefits of living without a skeleton.
Think about (protection, getting food, survival, etc.)

31. vertebrates

32. MR. FAB Animal - Vertebrates
Vertebrates can be split into 5 groups based on characteristics such as:
- Skin covering
- Warm blooded/cold blooded
- How they deliver offspring
- How they feed their babies
- How they breathe
The five classes of vertebrates are:
Mammals
Reptiles
Fish
Amphibians
Birds
MR. FAB

33. cold-blooded (internal body temperature changes with the temperature of the surroundings). Fish, amphibians, and reptiles
warm-blooded (maintain a nearly constant body temperature regardless of the surrounding temperature).Birds and mammals

34. Plant Kingdom – is a separate unit