Taxonomy

• Biology


  The study of life
• Bio


  Life
• Logos


  Study of
• Biology is a Greek word
• Main Branches of Biology

  • Botany
  • Microbiology
  • Plants
• Levels of Organization (smallest to largest)

  • Chemical Level
  • Cellular
  • Tissue
  • Organ
  • Organ System
  • Organism
  • Population
  • Community
  • Ecosystem
  • Biosphere
• Chemical Level


  Atoms & Molecules (Biomolecules)
• Cellular


  Cells (Basic Unit)
• Tissue


  Tissues
• Organ


  Organs
• Organ System


  Organ / Body System
• Organism


  Individual Organism
• Population


  Group of organisms belonging to the same species
• Community


  Group of organisms belonging to different species
• Ecosystem


  Interacting living & Non-living things
• Biosphere


  Planet Earth
• Characteristics of Life


  • Cellular Organization
  • Reproduction
  • Metabolism
  • Heredity
  • Response to stimuli
  • Growth and Development
  • Adaption through evolution
• Cellular Organization


  With cells
• Reproduction


  Produce offsprings
• Metabolism


  • Catabolism
  • Anabolism
• Catabolism


  Breakdown
• Anabolism


  Synthesis
• Heredity


  Pass on genetic material
• Response to stimuli

  Reaction to external factors
• Adaption through evolution - DNA mutation and other evolution factors
• Taxonomy - study of naming and classification of

  organisms
• Taxon / Taxa - units of classification
• Scientific Names

  • Genus Name
  • First Letter Should be Uppercase
  • Italicized / Underlined

  ➔ Species Name

  • All Lowercase
• Scientific Method

  ➔ O - Observation

  ➔ P - Problem

  ➔ O - Observation / Data Collection

  ➔ H - Hypothesis

  ➔ E - Experiment

  ➔ C - Conclusion

  ➔ A - Application
• Identify the blank in the diagram.

  A) Kingdom

  B) Phylum

  C) Class

  D) Order

  E) Family

  F) Genus

  G) Species

  H) Animals

  I) Chordates

  J) Mammals

  K) Primates

  L) Hominids

  M) Homo

  N) Homo Sapiens

  
• Identify the blank in the diaphragm.

  A) Atoms

  B) Biosphere

  C) Molecule

  D) Cell

  E) Ecosystem

  F) Community

  G) Population

  H) Tissue

  I) Organ

  J) Organism

  K) Body System