Title: Unit Overview
1Unit Overview pages 366-367
- How is music grouped in a store?
- What is the advantage to doing
- this?
2Unit Overview pages 366-367
Change Through Time
Organizing Lifes Diversity
Classification
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How Classification Began
- Biologists want to better understand organisms so
they organize them.
- One tool that they use to do this is
classification - Classification is the grouping of objects or
information based on similarities.
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How Classification Began
- Taxonomy is the branch of biology that groups and
names organisms based on studies of their
different characteristics.
- Biologists who study taxonomy are called
taxonomists.
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Aristotles system
- The Greek philosopher Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)
developed the first widely accepted system of
biological classification.
- He classified all the organisms he knew into two
groups plants and animals.
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Aristotles system
- He subdivided plants into three groups, herbs,
shrubs, and trees, depending on the size and
structure of a plant.
- He grouped animals according to various
characteristics, including their habitat and
physical differences.
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Aristotles system
- According to his system, birds, bats, and flying
insects are classified together even though they
have little in common besides the ability to fly.
- As time passed, more organisms were discovered
and some did not fit easily into Aristotles
groups, but many centuries passed before
Aristotles system was replaced.
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Linnaeuss system of binomial nomenclature
- In the late eighteenth century, a Swedish
botanist, Carolus Linnaeus (1707-1778), developed
a method of grouping organisms that is still used
by scientists today.
- Linnaeuss system was based on physical and
structural similarities of organisms.
- As a result, the groupings revealed the
relationships of the organisms.
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Linnaeuss system of binomial nomenclature
- Eventually, some biologists proposed that
structural similarities reflect the evolutionary
relationships of species.
- This way of organizing organisms is the basis of
modern classification systems.
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Linnaeuss system of binomial nomenclature
- Binomial nomenclature is a modern classification
system using a two-word naming system that
Linnaeus developed to identify species.
- In this system, the first word identifies the
genus of the organism.
- A genus is a group of similar species.
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Linnaeuss system of binomial nomenclature
- A specific epithet is the second word, which
sometimes describes a characteristic of the
organism
- Thus, the scientific name for each species,
referred to as the species name, is a combination
of the genus name and specific epithet.
Homo sapiens
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Scientific and common names
- Scientific names should be italicized in print
and underlined when handwritten.
- The first letter of the genus name is uppercase,
but the first letter of the specific epithet is
lowercase.
Passer domesticus
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Scientific and common names
- Taxonomists are required to use Latin
because - the language is no longer used in conversation
and, therefore, does not change - a common name can be misleading.
- it is confusing when a species has more than one
common name.
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Modern Classification
- Expanding on Linnaeuss work, todays taxonomists
try to identify the underlying evolutionary
relationships of organisms and use the
information gathered as a basis for
classification.
- Grouping organisms on the basis of their
evolutionary relationships makes it easier to
understand biological diversity.
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Taxonomy A framework
- Taxonomists group similar organisms, both living
and extinct. Classification provides a framework
in which to study the relationships among living
and extinct species.
- For example, biologists study the relationship
between birds and dinosaurs within the framework
of classification.
Archaeopteryx
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Taxonomy A useful tool
- Anyone can learn to identify many organisms using
a dichotomous key.
- A key is made up of sets of numbered statements.
Each set deals with a single characteristic of an
organism, such as leaf shape or arrangement.
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How Living Things Are Classified
- In any classification system, items are
categorized, making them easier to find and
discuss.
- Although biologists group organisms, they
subdivide the groups on the basis of more
specific criteria.
- A group of organisms is called a taxon (plural,
taxa).
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Taxonomic rankings
- Organisms are ranked in taxa that range from
having very broad characteristics to very
specific ones.
- The broader a taxon, the more general its
characteristics, and the more species it contains.
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Taxonomic rankings
- The smallest taxon is species. Organisms that
look alike and successfully interbreed belong to
the same species.
- The next largest taxon is a genusa group of
similar species that have similar features and
are closely related.
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Taxonomic rankings
- Compare the appearance of a lynx, Lynx rufus, a
bobcat, Lynx canadensis, and a mountain lion,
Panthera concolor.
Lynx
Mountain lion
Bobcat
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Domain
Eukarya
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Carnivora
Order
Family
Felidae
Lynx
Genus
Species
Lynx rufus
Lynx canadensis
Lynx
Bobcat
22Most Inclusive to Least Inclusive
Place the following groups in the appropriate
level Mammals, Man, Primates, Vertebrates,
Animals
A
B
C
D
E
23Most Inclusive to Least Inclusive
Add the following groups to the appropriate level
on the Venn Diagram Kingdom Plantae, Division
Angiospermae, All Organisms, Order Rodentia,
Tulip, Kingdom Animalia
A
B
C
D
E
F
24Most Inclusive to Least Inclusive
Complete the Venn Diagram with the following
groups Family Vespidae (yellow jacket), Phylum
Arthropoda, Order Lepidoptera (butterflies),
Class Insecta, Order Hymenoptera (bees, wasps)
A
B
C
D
E
25Most Inclusive to Least Inclusive
Draw a Venn Diagram to represent the following
groups Kingdom Animalia Class Osteichthyes (Bony
Fish) Phylum Chordata (animals with
backbones) Class Chondrichthyes (Cartilaginous
Fish) Family Sphyrnidae (Hammerhead Shark)
26Section 1 Check
Question 1
How did Aristotle group organisms such as birds,
bats, and insects?
A. by their common genus
B. by their analogous structures
C. by their common species
D. by their homologous structures
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The answer is B. The organisms were grouped
together because of their wings, which, in this
case, are analogous structures.
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Question 2
Which taxon contains the fewest species?
A. genus
B. family
C. order
D. phylum
The answer is A, genus.
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Question 3
For which of the following species names does
the specific epithet mean handy?
A. Homo sapiens
B. Homo erectus
C. Australopithecus anamensis
D. Homo habilis
The answer is D.
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Question 4
What is the difference between classification
and taxonomy?
Answer
Classification is the grouping of objects or
information based on similarities. Taxonomy is
the branch of biology that classifies and names
organisms based on their different
characteristics.
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Question 5
What are the two parts that make up binomial
nomenclature?
Answer
Binomial nomenclature comprises a genus name
followed by a specific epithet.
32Section 2 Objectives page 450
1. Put these animals into 3 groups.2. What
characteristics did you use for your system of
classification?
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Change Through Time
Organizing Lifes Diversity
The Six Kingdoms
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How are evolutionary relationships determined?
- Classification systems today are based on
evolutionary relationships. - This means extinct animals can also be included
in classification schemes.
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How are evolutionary relationships determined?
- Evolutionary relationships are determined on
the basis of - similarities in structure
- breeding behavior
- geographical distribution
- chromosomes
- biochemistry
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Structural similarities
- For example, plant taxonomists use structural
evidence to classify dandelions and sunflowers
in the same family, Asteraceae, because they
have similar flower and fruit structures.
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Breeding behavior
- Sometimes, breeding behavior provides important
clues to relationships among species.
- For example, two species of frogs, Hyla
versicolor and Hyla chrysoscelis, live in the
same area and look similar. During the
breeding season, however, there is an obvious
difference in their mating behavior.
- Scientists concluded that the frogs were two
separate species.
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Geographical distribution
Probing Bills
Grasping Bills
Crushing Bills
Feeders
Cactus
Insect
Feeders
Seed
Fruit
Feeders
Parrot Bills
Feeders
Ancestral Species
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Chromosome comparisons
- For example, cauliflower, cabbage, kale, and
broccoli look different but have chromosomes
that are almost identical in structure.
- Therefore, biologists propose that these plants
are related.
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Biochemistry
- Powerful evidence about relationships among
species comes from biochemical analyses of
organisms.
- Closely related species have similar DNA
sequences and, therefore, similar proteins.
- In general, the more inherited nucleotide
sequences that two species share, the more
closely related they are.
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Phylogenetic Classification Models
- Phylogeny is the evolutionary history of
a species
- A classification system that shows the
evolutionary history of species is a
phylogenetic classification and reveals the
evolutionary relationships of species.
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Cladistics
- Cladistics is a biological system of
classification that is based on phylogeny.
- Scientists who use cladistics assume that as
groups of organisms diverge and evolve from a
common ancestral group, they retain some unique
inherited characteristics that taxonomists call
derived traits.
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Cladistics
- A cladogram is a branching diagram used to
identify a groups derived traits it is a model
of phylogeny of a species
- Cladograms are hypothetical evolutionary
trees.
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Cladistics
Allosaurus
Velociraptor
Robin
Archaeopteryx
Sinornis
Theropods
Flight feathers arms as long as legs
Feathers with shaft, veins, and barbs
3-toed foot wishbone
Dry scales
Light bones
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Cladistics
- Organisms are assigned to a group on a
cladogram by a unique characteristic they share
in common with other members of that group. - A derived character is a unique trait, such as
dry skin, that is used to assign an organism to
a group.
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Another type of model
- One type of model resembles a fan.
- A fanlike model may communicate the time
organisms became extinct or the relative number
of species in a group.
- A fanlike diagram incorporates fossil
information and the knowledge gained from
anatomical, embryological, genetic, and
cladistic studies.
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Lifes Six Kingdoms
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The Six Kingdoms of Organisms
- The six kingdoms of organisms are
archaebacteria, eubacteria, protists, fungi,
plants, and animals.
- In general, differences in cellular structures
and methods of obtaining energy are the two
main characteristics that distinguish among the
members of the six kingdoms.
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Prokaryotes
- The prokaryotes, organisms with cells that lack
distinct nuclei bounded by a membrane, are
microscopic and unicellular.
- Some are heterotrophs (eat other organisms) and
some are autotrophs (make their own food).
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Prokaryotes
- In turn, some prokaryotic autotrophs are
chemosynthetic, whereas others are
photosynthetic.
- There are two kingdoms of prokaryotic
organisms Archaebacteria and Eubacteria.
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Prokaryotes
- Archaebacteria live in extreme environments
such as swamps, deep-ocean hydrothermal vents,
and seawater evaporating ponds.
- Most of these environments are oxygen-free.
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Prokaryotes
- All of the other prokaryotes, about 5000
species of bacteria, are classified in Kingdom
Eubacteria.
- Eubacteria have very strong cell walls and a
less complex genetic makeup than found in
archaebacteria or eukaryotes.
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Prokaryotes
- They live in most habitats except the extreme
ones inhabited by the archaebacteria.
- Although some eubacteria cause diseases, such
as strep throat and pneumonia, most bacteria are
harmless and many are actually helpful.
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A Paramecium
Protists A diverse group
Anal pore
Cilia
- Kingdom Protista contains diverse species that
share some characteristics.
Oral groove
- A protist is a eukaryote that lacks complex
organ systems and lives in moist environments.
Gullet
Contractile vacuole
Micronucleus and macronucleus
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Protists A diverse group
- Although some protists are unicellular, others
are multicellular.
- Some are plantlike autotrophs, some are
animal-like heterotrophs, and others are
funguslike heterotrophs that produce
reproductive structures like those of fungi.
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Fungi Earths decomposers
- Organisms in Kingdom Fungi are heterotrophs
that do not move from place to place.
- A fungus is either a unicellular or
multicellular eukaryote that absorbs nutrients
from organic materials in the environment.
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Fungi Earths decomposers
- There are more than 50,000 known species of
fungi.
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Plants Multicellular oxygen producers
- All of the organisms in Kingdom Plantae are
eukaryotic, multicellular, photosynthetic
autotrophs.
- None moves from place to place.
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Plants Multicellular oxygen producers
- A plants cells usually contain chloroplasts
and have cell walls composed of cellulose.
- Plant cells are organized into tissue that, in
turn, are organized into organs and organ
systems.
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Plants Multicellular oxygen producers
- There are more than 250,000 known species of
plants.
- Although you may be most familiar with
flowering plants, there are many other types of
plants, including mosses, ferns, and evergreens.
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Animals Multicellular consumers
- Animals are multicellular heterotrophs.
- Nearly all are able to move from place to
place.
- Animal cells do not have cell walls.
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Animals Multicellular consumers
- Their cells are organized into tissues that, in
turn, are organized into organs and complex
organ systems.
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67Label each fold with the name of one of the six
kingdoms. Put characteristics of each kingdom
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68Section 2 Check
Question 1
Which of the following is NOT a way to
determine evolutionary relationships?
A. chromosome comparisons
B. biochemistry
C. specific epithets
D. geographical distribution
The answer is C.
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Question 2
How does a cladogram differ from a pedigree?
Answer
Pedigrees show the direct ancestry of an organism
from two parents. Cladograms show a probable
evolution from an ancestral group.
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Question 3
Allosaurus
Velociraptor
Robin
Archaeopteryx
Sinornis
Theropods
Flight feathers arms as long as legs
Feathers with shaft, veins, and barbs
3-toed foot wishbone
Down feathers
Light bones
Using the cladogram, which of the following
traits would be a primitive trait?
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Question 3
Allosaurus
Velociraptor
Robin
Archaeopteryx
Sinornis
Theropods
Flight feathers arms as long as legs
Feathers with shaft, veins, and barbs
3-toed foot wishbone
Down feathers
Light bones
A. down feathers
B. arms as long as legs
C. light bones
D. flight feathers
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Allosaurus
Velociraptor
Robin
Archaeopteryx
Sinornis
Theropods
Flight feathers arms as long as legs
Feathers with shaft, veins, and barbs
3-toed foot wishbone
Down feathers
Light bones
The answer is C. Primitive traits are traits that
evolved very early.
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Question 4
Why do taxonomists use Latin names for
classification?
Answer
Latin is no longer used in conversation and,
therefore, does not change.
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Question 5
What is the relationship between cladistics
and taxonomy?
Answer
Cladistics is one kind of taxonomy that is based
on phylogeny.
75Chapter Assessment
Question 1
Domain
Eukarya
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Carnivora
Order
Family
Felidae
Lynx
Genus
Species
Lynx rufus
Lynx canadensis
Lynx
Bobcat
76Chapter Assessment
Both organisms are members of the same kingdom,
phylum, class, order, family, and genus but
belong to different species.
77Chapter Assessment
Question 2
Which taxon contains the others?
A. order
B. class
C. genus
D. family
The answer is B.
78Chapter Assessment
Question 3
Which of the following pairs of terms is NOT
related?
A. specific epithet genus
B. binomial nomenclature Linnaeus
C. biology taxonomy
D. Aristotle evolutionary relationships
The answer is D.
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Question 4
Domain
Eukarya
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Carnivora
Order
Family
Felidae
Lynx
Genus
Species
Lynx rufus
Lynx canadensis
Lynx
Bobcat
80Chapter Assessment
Domain
Eukarya
Bobcats are more closely associated with lynxes
as cats than as mammals.
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Chordata
Class
Mammalia
Carnivora
Order
Family
Felidae
Lynx
Genus
Species
Lynx rufus
Lynx canadensis
Lynx
Bobcat
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Question 5
What two main characteristics distinguish the
members of the six kingdoms?
Answer
The two characteristics are differences in
cellular structures and methods of obtaining
energy.
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Question 6
Which of the following is NOT true of both the
animal and plant kingdoms?
A. both contain organisms made up of cells
B. tissues are organized into organs
C. cells are organized into tissues
D. cells contain cell walls
The answer is D.
83Chapter Assessment
Question 7
Which of the following describes a fungus?
A. autotrophic prokaryote
B. unicellular or multicellular heterotroph
C. unicellular autotroph
D. heterotrophic prokaryote
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The answer is B, unicellular or multicellular
heterotroph.
85Chapter Assessment
Question 8
What is a dichotomous key?
Answer
A dichotomous key is a set of paired statements
that can be used to identify organisms.
86Chapter Assessment
Question 9
How has DNA-DNA hybridization shown that
flamingoes are more closely related to storks
than they are to geese?
87Chapter Assessment
When DNA from storks and flamingoes was allowed
to bond, DNA base pairs matched and the strands
bonded more strongly than when DNA from
flamingoes and geese was allowed to bond.
Flamingo
Stork