Classification and evolution

• 8 Classification groups

  Domain

  kingdom

  phylum

  class

  order

  family

  genus

  species
• binomial naming system

  1. genus
  2. species
• 5 kingdoms


  prokaryote

  protoctista

  fungi

  plantae

  animalia
• domains

  bacteria

  archaea

  eukaryota
• phylogeny


  investigates the evolutionary relationships between organisms
• Features of fungi


  eukaryotic

  chitin cell wall

  saprophytic

  storage molecule glycogen
• features of animalia


  eukaryotic

  multicellular

  hetrotrophic

  storage molecule- glycogen
• Features of plantae

  Eukaryotic

  multicellular

  cellulose cell wall

  autotrophic
• features of Protista 


  single celled

  eukaryotic

  autotrophic + heterotrophic
• Features of prokaryote


  No nucleus

  loop of dna

  no membrane bound organelles

  smaller