Classification of Living Things

Classification of Living Things

How are organisms classified?

Open Ended

Why do you think scientists classify living things?

Why do we classify living things?

• There are millions of living things on Earth.

• Classifying allows scientist to make connections between new and discovered species.

• Make connections between different living things.

Open Ended

What do these living things have in common?

How do scientists know living things are related?

• There are two ways: physical and chemical characteristics

• Physical includes skeletal structures, egg development, body adaptations.

• Chemical includes: DNA and RNA, mutations in the organisms' genes

How are living things classified?

• Taxonomy is the science of describing, classifying, and naming living things.

• There are 8 levels of classifying.

• Domain is the largest

• Species is the smallest

How are living things classified?

• There is a riddle to remember the order of the levels.

• Dear King Philip Came Over For Good Soup

Multiple Choice

What is taxonomy?

• The study of naming and classifying things

• Preserving dead organisms

• The science of paying your taxes

• My cat's name

Multiple Choice

Why do we classify living things

• To keep information private

• To make finding information easier

• To confuse students

• To make animals healthier

Multiple Choice

What is the smallest and most specific group in the classification system?

• species

• domain

• kingdom

• Genus

Multiple Choice

What is the largest and most general group that an organism is classified into?

• Domain

• Kingdom

• Species

• Family

Multiple Choice

Taxonomy is the study of plants

• True

• False

How are living things named?

• Each species has a two part scientific name.

• It includes the Genus and the Species.

• The Genus includes similar species.

• The Species is unique to that one living thing.

Multiple Choice

To what genus does a Banana tree belong to?

• Musa

• Ficus

• paradisicum

• Bamboosa

Multiple Choice

In a scientific name, what does the SECOND name identify?

• Genus

• Species

• Kingdom

• Domain

Multiple Choice

In a scientific name, what group does the FIRST name identify?

• Genus

• Species

• Kingdom

• Domain

Dichotomous Keys

• Tools that scientists use to identify unknown animals.

• It has a series of questions that scientists use.

• As you move through the key, it helps you identify the organism

Multiple Choice

The first part of a scientific name is an organism's _______________ and the second part is its ________________.

• species, genus

• phylum, order

• class, spices

• genus, species

Multiple Choice

What is the purpose of a dichotomous key?

• to find a common ancestor

• to show the evolution of organisms

• to show relationships between organisms

• to identify organisms

Multiple Choice

When using a dichotomous key to identify organisms, what do we look at?

• physical features

• weather patterns

• environment

• diet

Multiple Choice

What is monster # 1 ?

• Alienus quadlegicus

• Alienus haircus

• Alienus Tritoothicus

• Alienus Blobicus