11/9/11 Q.O.D. How do we organize all the living things in the world?

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A.Biological Classification The science of classifying organisms and assigning them universally accepted names is known as TAXONOMY

B.Carolus Linnaeus developing 2 part naming system called… BINOMIAL NOMENCLATURE 1.Based on PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS 2.Has a 2-part SCIENTIFIC NAME 3.Based on universally accepted language LATIN

C. Eight Levels of Classification 1. DOMAIN 2. KINGDOM 3. PHYLUM 4.CLASS 5. ORDER 6. FAMILY 7. GENUS 8.SPECIES

C. Eight Levels of Classification A. The 3 Domains are: – ARCHAE – EUKARYA – BACTERIA

C. Eight Levels of Classification B. The number of organisms in each of the 8 levels decreases as you go from the first level DOMAIN to the last level SPECIES Domain Kingdom Order Family Genus Species Phylum Class

D. The Scientific Name Is represented by the GENUS and the SPECIES levels of classification

E. The genus is like the organism’s “first” name and the species is like the organism’s “last” name. The genus name is always CAPITALIZED, while the species name is always in LOWER CASE – 1. The scientific name should ALWAYS be UNDERLINED or written in ITALICS

F. The more CHARACTERISTICS two organisms have in common, the more closely related they are.