Classification

Taxonomy

what is it

  • field of Science that identifies, classifies and names organisms

  • organisms that share common ancestry are now grouped together

    • ex. dolphins are more related to pumas than sharks

  • Linnaeus created this system and added the way we name animals

    • 1-genus name(Capitalised)

    • 2-Specific epithet(lowercase)

    • slanted when on computer, or underlined when writing on paper

  • names are in latin and sometimes greek

Key Words

  • a sexual-one parent

  • sexual-two parents

  • autotroph-auto=self, throph=feeding

    • provides food for itself

  • herterotroph-Hetero=other

    • relies on other food sources

how to sort them

you sort them in taxon/taxable which are groups of organisms

  1. Dear-Domain

  2. King-Kingdom

  3. Philip-Phylum

  4. Came-class

  5. Over-oder

  6. For-family

  7. Good-Genus

  8. Soup-Species

3 domains and 6 kingdoms

  • prokaryotes

    • Bacteria

      • Eubacteria

    • Archaea

      • Archaebacteria

  • Eukaryotes

    • Eukarya

      • Protista

      • Plantae

      • Fungi

      • Animalia

Kingdoms
Eubacteria(normal bacteria) Kingdom

  • prokaryotes

  • unicellular

  • producers or consumers

  • everywhere

  • all asexual

Archaebacteria Kingdom

  • ancient bacteria

  • only exist in extream enviorments(volcanos, etc)-probably wont even come upon in life time

Protist Kingdom

  • quite big

  • mostly the ones that don’t fit in the other kingdoms

  • eukaryotes

  • mostly unicellular

  • producers and consumers

  • sexual and asexual

  • ex. algae, amoeba

  • mostly acquatic

Fungus Kingdom

  • eukaryotes

  • mostly multicolour

  • ex. mold, mushrooms, yeast

  • consumers-decompose by secreting enzymes

  • asexual or sexual

Plant Kingdom

  • eukaryotes

  • multicellular

  • producers/autotrophs(means the same)

  • photosynthesis

  • some can change between asexual and sexual, the others are only one of the both

Animal Kingdom

  • eukaryotes

  • multicellular

  • consumers/heterotrophs(means the same)

  • some sexual, some a sexual

  • are able to move from a to b during at least one period of their life

Invertebrates vs. vertebrates

definitions

invertebrate - no backbone, 95% of the animal species

vertebrate - backbone 5%

Invertebrates

  • Sponges

  • Cnidarians - have stinging cells

    • ex. jellyfish, corals, sea

  • Flatworms

  • Roundworms

  • Annelids

    • also called segmented worms

    • ex. earthworms

  • Molluks

    • ex. clams, oysters, mussels, scallops, snails, slugs, squids and octupusses

  • Arthropods

    • most animals

    • ex. insects, arachnids, crustance - lobsters crabs

  • Echinoderms

    • name means - spiny skin

    • ex. sea stars, urchins and sand dollars

Vertebrates

  • Jawless Fish

  • Cartilaginous Fish

  • Bony Fish

  • Amphibians

  • reptiles

  • Birds

  • Mammals