1. Binomial Nomenclature
How we name plants and critters.

2. Objectives Understand the following about Binomial Nomenclature (BN):
A brief history of BN.
What the categories of Scientific Nomenclature (SN) are and their order.
Which categories of SN are used for BN.
How BN is written.
The 5 Kingdoms of Earth.

3. BN- A History Aristotle’s idea- Earth, Water, and Sky classification.
The problem: Too Simple
Carolus Linnaeus- Taxonomy or Scientific Nomenclature.
Organisms are in smaller and smaller groups with more and more similarities.
Uses the language Latin because its old, wont change, and is known WORLDWIDE.

4. Scientific Nomenclature
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species

5. SN- Rememberall
King
Phillip
Came
Over
For
Great
Sushi

6. SN Example- Humans K- Animalia P- Chordata C- Mammalia O- Primata
F- Hominidae
G- Homo
s- sapien

7. Binomial Nomenclature Naming Organisms
BN uses the last two categories of SN to name a creature- so every organism is, in the end, named based on its “observable properties.” (Things you can see.) BN- AKA Scientific Name
BN is written using the Genus and species like this:
Genus species
Ex) Homo sapien- Humans
Note that the species is NOT capitalized and the Genus is.

8. Handy Kingdoms
On the back of this paper or on another sheet of paper in your class notes section- place your hand on the lower, center part of the paper and trace it neatly.