Classification

• Taxa = different levels of classification
• king phillip came over for great sex =

  Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species
• scientific name is made up of: first Genus second Species
• species in same genus = more closely related
• species in different genus = less closely related
• scientific names are a universal language which avoids confusion as common names can be different in different languages
• Genuses must start with a capital
• species = lower case
• what are the five kingdoms?

  animals, plants, fungi, bacteria, single celled organisms (protoctista)
• single celled organisms = protoctista
• phylum = back bone or no
• for phylum: animal = vertebrates or invertebrates
• vertebrate = has a backbone
• invertebrate = no back bone
• for phylum: plant = flowering or non-flowering
• vertebrates = mr fab


  mammals reptiles fish amphibians birds
• levels of classification = kingdom phylum class order family genus species
• these are the five kingdoms

  A) animals

  B) plants

  C) bacteria

  D) fungi

  E) protoctista

  
• what name is given to the differences that are found between organisms of the same species?

  variation