CLASSIFICATION OF ORGANISMS

taxonomy Taxonomy- describing, classifying, and naming living things ORGANISMS ARE CLASSIFIED BASED ON SHARED CHARACTERISTICS

How does the number of organisms in each level change as you move closer to the species level?

Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Did King Phillip Come Over For Great Spaghetti? Don’t Keep Piranhas Captive Or Fingers Will Get Swallowed.

Domains Three domains are bacteria, archaea, and eukarya

Domain: Bacteria Only one kingdom, eubacteria Prokaryotic Have a cell wall but no nucleus or other organelles

Domain: Archaea Only one kingdom, archaebacteria Prkaryotic Similar to bacteria but have different genes that allow them to survive in harsh/extreme environments

Domain: eukarya Kingdoms: Protista, fungi, plantae, Animalia All eukaryotic

Protista Most unicellular but can be multicellular Can be producers or consumers Simple cell structure

fungi Have cell walls Decomposers Can be unicellular or multicellular More complex cell structure

Complex cell structure plantae Cell wall Photosynthesis Multicellular Complex cell structure

Animalia No cell wall Consumers Need oxygen Multicellular Complex cell structure

Choose an organism and use the 8 levels of classification to describe your organism.