1. CLASSIFICATION OF LIFE

2. What is science of classification?
TAXONOMY

3. Carolus Linnaeus The Linnean system Homo sapiens proposed in 1700s
each species has a 2 part name
genus
species
Homo sapiens

4. What is the basis for classification?
Anatomy
Biochemistry (DNA)
Genetics
Cytology
Embryology

5. How are organisms organized?
TAXONS
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
species

6. Kings
Play
Cards on
Fat
Green
Stools

7. King
Philip
Catches
Old
Fish
Gets
Sick

8. Organizing systems Making sense out of the differences
Eastern gray squirrel
Sciurus carolinensis

10. Orders & families

11. Binomial Nomenclature
Genus species
Example:
Panthera leo
P. leo

13. Dichotomous Keys

14. Cladograms