2. Science dealing with the classification of organism axonomy T

3. Organisms Classified by:  Structural Similarities  Biochemical Similarities  Cytological Similarities  Embryological Similarities  Behavioral Similarities  Fossil Record

4. Basic Classification Groups Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species (most general) (most specific) Species Organisms that can mate and produce fertile offspring

5. Five Kingdom System Animal Plant Protista Monera Fungi

6. Animal Kingdom Multicellular Ingest food

7. Plant Kingdom Multicellular Photosynthetic

8. Protista Unicellular Eukaryotic Cells (have membrane bound organelles) Examples: paramecium, amoeba, euglena

9. Monera Unicellular Prokaryotic Cells (no membrane bound organelles) Examples: bacteria, blue green algae

10. Fungi Most multicellular (except yeast) Have cell walls, but not chloroplasts Absorbs nutrients from environment Examples: yeast, bread mold, mushrooms

11. Nomenclature Method of naming an organism  Binomial System  Developed by Carl Linnaeus Rules Genus and species name make up scientific name Names usually in latin Genus is capitalized, species lower case Name is either italicized or underlined separately Examples: Felis domesticus Felis leo Felis tigeris Canis lupis Canis familiaris Homo erectus Homo sapien

12. Dichotomous/Taxonomic Key Tool used to classify an organism using 2 traits

13. Create a dichotomous key for these creatures with your 6 o’clock buddy 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 910