1. Classification

2. Mnemonics Dear King Philip Came Over For Grape Soda Domain Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Dear
King
Philip
Came
Over
For
Grape
Soda

3. Classification of the Brown Bear
Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Eukarya
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Ursidae
Ursus
arctos

4. Naming organisms
Carolus Linnaeus proposed a naming system for all living organisms
Binomial Nomenclature
Bi = 2
Nomial = name
Nomenclature = choosing of names for things
Carolus chose Latin as his naming system because it never changes and is the same throughout the world

5. Naming organisms We name organisms by the Genus and species names
Genus tells us what an organism is:
Ursus = bear
Species tells us what type of organism:
arctos = “the Great and Little Bear” or north

6. Examples Brown Bear = Ursus arctos
Wise Humans = Homo sapiens (Humans wise)
Sugar Maple = Acer saccharum (Maple sugar)
These also can be abbreviated U. arctos, H. sapiens, A. saccharum