Taxonomy

• Levels of Organization


  atom, molecule, cell, tissue, organ, organ system, organism, population, community, ecosystem, biosphere
• 5 Characteristics of Life

  Growth and development, reproduction, cellular organization, homeostasis and response, metabolism/energy processing
• Why do biologists group living things?

  To make it easier to communicate information while studying them to understand their needs, characteristics, and behavior.
• What do biologists base grouping off of?

  Similarity in appearance and behavior
• What is Aristotle's classification system based on?

  Having blood, living on land or water
• Scientific naming system

  Taxonomy
• Another name for Taxonomy

  Binomial nomenclature
• What is the format for genus?

  Italics and capitalized
• What is the format for species?

  Italics and lowercase
• Evolutionary descent


  Homologous structure, embryo development, genetics (amino acid sequence)
• Homologous structure

  Same structure, different function
• Taxonomy


  A category into which related organisms are placed based on common derived characteristics
• Taxonomic categories

  Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species