PPT-Classification of Organisms

Section 1 Biodiversity Biologists have named and classified almost 2 million species They believe the total is much greater Various methods of classification have been used to organize their knowledge of the tremendous number of species Species have been placed in categories based on particular characteristics. SC.912.L. 15.6 . Discuss distinguishing characteristics of the domain and kingdoms of living organisms. . CC: . RST. 11-12.1, SL.11-12.4, MP.4. How do we name these similar but different animals?. Polar bears and Brown Bears are their common names but how can we scientifically name them? . Chapter 18. Bio 112 Six Kingdoms Assignment: Due date:______________________________. Value: 80 points total . Possible Formats:. Poster display, . Chapter 18. Why Classify. Classification is used to name organisms and group them in a logical manner . Biologists have classified and named over 1.5 million species. Estimate that 2 million- 100 million have yet to be discovered. Finding Order in Diversity. History of Classification. For more than 3.5 billion years, life on Earth has been constantly changing.. Natural Selection has led to a staggering diversity of organisms.. 4/30/14. Scientists classify millions of species. 400. years ago, scientists believed that . related. animals looked alike, and classified animals based upon their . appearance. and behavior. . Classification and . Classifying Organisms. Classification: is the process of grouping things based on their similarities. . Non living things can be classified based up external features like hard vs. soft, round vs. triangular, or big vs. small.. Test Review. #1. What . is taxonomy. ?. a. the scientific study of how living things are classified . b. the name of Aristotle’s classification system . c. the process used by geologists to classify rocks . Domain Kingdom Phylum. . Class Order. . Family. Genus Species. . . . . . . Classification. Classification. is the grouping of things based on similar characteristics.. 2. There are . 13 billion. known . species of organisms. This is . only 5% of all. organisms that ever lived!!!!!. New organisms. are still being found and identified. Species of Organisms. 3. What is Classification?. Scientists develop systems for classifying living things.. Scientists classify millions of species.. Until the 1600s, scientists classified organisms according to their appearance.. The invention of the microscope allowed scientists to see structures and organisms that were not visible before.. Linnaean Taxonomy. In . Wikipedia. [Web]. Retrieved 03/09/2007, from http://en.wikipedia.org . Definition of Taxonomy. Discipline of classifying . organisms and assigning each organism a universally . Standards. GSE S7L1: Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to investigate the diversity of living organisms and how they can be compared scientifically.. GSE 7L1b: Evaluate historical models of how organisms were classified based on physical characteristics how that led to the six-kingdom system (currently archaea, bacteria, protists, fungi, plants and animals). etc. . TAXONOMY. Why classify things?. Organize. Categorize. Order. _______________________. _______________________. _______________________. Supermarkets. Linneaus. 1750. . Grouped living things by their PHYSICAL TRAITS. How . do scientists classify living organisms?. Standards:. S7L1. Obtain, evaluate, and communicate information to investigate the diversity of . living organisms . and how they can be compared scientifically..