BRMS

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TAXONOMY

• BRMS
• 6th Science
• Mrs. Bright

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Standard 6-2.2

• Recognize the hierarchical structure of the
  classification (taxonomy) of organisms (including
  kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus,
  species).

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What is taxonomy?

• 1.Taxonomy is the study of how scientists
  classify organisms
• 2.Organisms are living things.

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Why classify?
Devil Cat
Cougar
Puma
Mountain Lion
Florida Panther
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Who is Carolus Linnaeus?

• 3.Carolus Linnaeus was a Swedish botanist
• 4.He developed a 7-level (taxa) classification
  system based on similarities of structures
  between organisms

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5.The Seven Level System

• Kingdom
• Phylum
• Class
• Order
• Family
• Genus
• Species

• King
• Phillip
• Called
• Oprah
• For
• Good
• Spices

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How does it work?

• 6.There are 6 broad kingdoms divided into a
  series of levels.
• 7. Every living thing that we know of fits into
  one of the six kingdoms
• 8. Each level gets more specific as fewer
  organisms fit into any one group
• 9. The more classification levels an organism
  shares with another, the more characteristics
  they have in common.

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Scientific Name

• 10. The scientific name of an organism is made up
  of 2 parts the genus and species.
• 11. It is written in italics (so you underline
  it) with the genus capitalized.

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An animal is known by two names

• 12. Canis lupus is the scientific name for a gray
  wolf.
• 13. Canis is the genus name
• 14. lupus is the species name

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Canis lupus
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Genus

• 15. A genus consists of a group of closely
  related species
• 16. Other animals in the Canis group include dogs
  and coyotes
• 17. The genus name is always CAPITALIZED!!

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Species...

• 18. A species consists of animals that can mate
  and produce fertile offspring
• 19. Only grey wolves are known as lupus.
• 20. The species name is always lowercase (Canis
  lupus)

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Binomial Nomenclature

• 21. Bi means two
• 22. Nomen means name
• 23. Binomial nomenclature is a scientific
  classification system using two names to identify
  an organism

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Pinus taeda scientific name for a loblolly pine
tree.
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The 6 Kingdoms

• Protista
• Fungi
• Monerans
• Bacteria
• Plantae (plants)
• Autotrophic
• Animalia (animals)
• No cell walls
• Internal heterotrophs

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KINGDOM

• Most scientist support a 6 kingdom system.
• Kingdoms include Plants, Animals, Fungi,
  Protists, Monerans, Bacteria.
• Organisms are placed into kingdoms based on their
  ability to make food and the number of cells in
  their body.

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PHYLUM

• In the Plant Kingdom, phyla are referred to as
  divisions.
• Plants are divided into two phylum vascular and
  nonvascular.
• Animals are divided into 35 phylum.
• Animal phylum are divided into two groups
  vertebrates and invertebrates.

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CLASS, ORDER, FAMILY

• These levels become even more specific and will
  include fewer organisms as they move down the
  levels.

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GENUS

• Contains closely related organisms
• The genus is used as the first word in an
  organisms scientific name and is capitalized.

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SPECIES

• Consists of all the organisms of the same type
  who are able to breed and produce young of the
  same kind.
• The species is used as the second word in an
  organisms scientific name and is NOT capitalized.

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ASSESSMENT

• Look at the next slide and write the scientific
  name correctly for
• 1.Humans
• 2.Nine banded armadillo

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Common Name Human Nine-Banded Armadillo
Kingdom Animalia Animalia
Phylum Chordata Chordata
Class Mammalia Mammalia
Order Primata Cingulata
Family Hominidae Dasypodidae
Genus Homo Dasypus
Species sapiens novemcinctus
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ASSESSMENT Cont

• Fill-in-the blank
• The study of how scientists classify organisms is
  called 3.___.
• Todays system uses 4.___ levels to classify
  organisms.
• The levels from the broadest to the most specific
  are 5.___(name them all)
• The more levels an organism shares with another
  the more characteristics they have in 6.___.
• The scientific name includes the 7.___ which is
  8.__ and the 9.__ which is not capitalized.
• Most scientists acknowledge 10.__ kingdoms.

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ANSWERS

• 1. Homo sapians
• 2. Dasypus novemcinctus

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ANSWERS

• Fill-in-the blank
• The study of how scientists classify organisms is
  called 3.taxonomy
• Todays system uses 4.7 levels to classify
  organisms.
• The levels from the broadest to the most specific
  are 5. kingdom, phylum, class, order, family,
  genus, species (name them all)
• The more levels an organism shares with another
  the more characteristics they have in 6. common
• The scientific name includes the 7.genus which is
  8.capitalized and the 9.species which is not
  capitalized.
• Most scientists acknowledge 10. 6 kingdoms.