CLASSIFICATION

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CLASSIFICATION
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WHY DO WE CLASSIFY ORGANISMS?

• We classify organisms in order to study the
  diversity of life.
• Biologist use a classification system to name the
  organism and group them into a logical manner.

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Taxonomy- is the branch of biology concerned
with the grouping and naming of organisms.

• What is the name of the animals to the right?
• Cats
• Gatos
• Katzen
• Felis Catus

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Taxonomy- is the branch of biology concerned
with the grouping and naming of organisms.

• What is the name of the animals to the right?
• Cats
• Gatos
• Katzen
• Felis Catus
• All of these names are correct, but D is the
  universal name of these animals.

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Aristotle

• Developed the first system of classification.
• He classified all living things into plants and
  animals.
• Animals were grouped depending on where they
  lived. (On land, in air or in water)
• Later scientist became convinced that his system
  did not work because of organisms living in
  multiple habitats.

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Carolus Linnaeus

• Developed the system of classification that is
  still used today.
• He selected physical characteristics that led to
  classification based on close relationships of
  organisms.
• He used characteristics such as bats having hair
  and feeding their young milk to classify the
  organisms.
• The system devised by Linnaeus gives each
  organism two names called Binomial Nomenclature.

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Memorize the Classification System Order

• Kingdom
• Phylum
• Class
• Order
• Family
• Genus
• Species

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