Taxonomy

• CHARACTERISTICS OF LIVING THINGS:

  Movement, Respiration, Reproduction, Growth, Sensitivity, Response, and Communication.
• CHARACTERISTICS OF LIVING THINGS:

  1. Made of Cell
  2. Growth and Development
  3. Obtain and use energy
  4. Reproduces
  5. Responds to stimuli
• Classification puts organisms into groups by looking at characteristics (traits) they share.
• TAXONOMY:

  is the science of naming, describing and classifying organisms.
• TAXONOMY

  Classifying living things into groups based on their body structures (anatomy), DNA or other traits
• CAROLUS LINNAEUS:

  the father of modern taxonomy, he is the founder of the binomial system of naming organisms
• 7 taxa of living things:

  1. Kingdom
  2. Phylum
  3. Class
  4. Order
  5. Family
  6. Genus
  7. Species
• KINGDOM:

  is least specific, largest group
• PHYLUM:

  grouping together related organisms' basis of their fundamental characteristics.
• CLASS:

  is a taxonomic rank consisting of organisms that share a common attribute
• ORDER:

  comprised of families sharing a set of similar nature or character.
• FAMILY:

  members of the same taxonomic family are more closely related to each other
• GENUS:

  classified together based on relatedness or common features, such as sharing similarities or specific characteristics.
• SPECIES:

  a group of organisms that consist of similar individuals capable of interbreeding or exchanging genes among themselves.
• OTHER SYSTEMS OF CLASSIFICATION:

  1. Cladogram
  2. Phylogeny
• CLADOGRAMS:

  is a diagram which shows the relationship between different organisms based on their different similarities.
• PHYLOGENY:

  is a diagram which shows the phylogenetic history of organisms with respect to the geological time scale.
• PROKARYOTIC:

  does not have a nucleus to contain its DNA.
• EUKARYOTIC:

  has a membrane–bound nucleus
• UNICELLULAR PROKARYOTIC

  1. Archaebacteria
  2. Eubacteria
• EUKARYOTIC

  3. Protista – single-celled
• Multicellular

  4. Fungi – mushrooms

  5. Plantae - plants

  6. Animalia - animals