1. Taxonomy and Classification = Ch 17
Taxonomy= Science of classification
Carolus Linnaeus - Discovered our current classification system-based on physical characteristics
How to classify:
Use phylogenetic branching trees to show evolutionary relationships
Use physical characteristics to group organisms

2. Levels of Organization: Gray Wolf example
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Carnivora
Family: Canidae
Genus: Canis
Species: lupis
Can remember the levels with the sentence:
KING PHILLIP CAME OVER FOR GOOD SPAGHETTI

3. There are 6 kingdoms: Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista, Eubacteria, Archaebacteria (Eu and Archaea used to be Kingdom Monera and then it split)…use p 349 to help with SG
Above the 6 kingdoms, there are 3 domains: Bacteria, Archaea and Eukarya

4. Genus and species names are the two word names we give to organisms = binomial nomenclature (bi = two; nomial = name; nomen = naming; clature = system)
Ex: Homo sapiens, Escherichia coli, Armadillidium vulgare
First word is Genus (is capitalized)
Second word is species (not capitalized)
BOTH are written in italics or underlined