What are scientific names? How are organisms classified? Classification What are scientific names? How are organisms classified?
Taxonomy Science of naming and classifying organisms Groups of organisms are placed into taxons Taxons of classification system Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species
Characteristics of Taxons Domains Archaea – all prokaryotic, live in extreme environments Bacteria – all prokaryotic, live everywhere else Eukarya – all eukaryotic; protists, fungi, plants, and animals
Binomial Nomenclature Organisms are assigned scientific names for consistency Rules: In Latin Two names – genus and species Genus is capitalized Species is lowercase Always underlined or in italics Example: Acer rubrum Acer sucrum