Taxonomy and Systematics

A taxonomic category above the kingdom level. The three domains are Archaea, Bacteria, and Eukarya.

• Scientific Name

• Archaea

• Domain

• Clade

The name given to each species, consisting of its genus and its species label

• Scientific Name

• Dichotomous Key

• Cladistics

• Binomial Nomenclature

Kingdom composed of heterotrophs; many obtain energy and nutrients from dead organic matter

• Fungi

• Binomial Nomenclature

• Clade

• Parsimony

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS2-3

The scientific study of how living things are classified

• Taxonomy

• Clade

• Scientific Name

• Derived Character

Classification system in which each species is assigned a two-part scientific name

• Scientific Name

• Derived Character

• Binomial Nomenclature

• Clade

technique that uses the fossil record and rates of molecular change to deduce the time in geologic history when two species diverged

• Cladistics

• Scientific Name

• Parsimony

• Mutation Clock

What do we call the groups in which we classify organisms?

• Categories

• Classes

• Sets

• Taxons

What kingdom would a human belong to?

• Plant

• Animalia

• Protist

• Fungi

What would the scientific name of this organism be?

Kingdom: Animalia

Phylum: Chordata

Class: Reptilia

Order: Crocodila

Family: Alligatoridae

Genus: Alligator

species: mississippiensis

• alligator Mississippiensis

• Crocodila chordata

• Alligator mississippiensis

• Reptilia crocodila

Who created the system of Taxonomy?

• Albert Einstein

• Carolus Linnaeus

• Aristotle

• Copernicus