Bio 3.5
Analyze how classification system are developed based on speciation
By: Kacey Caudill
Classification provides scientists and students a way to sort and group organisms for easier study.
Organisms are classified by their:
* physical structure (how they look)
* evolutionary relationships
* embryonic similarities (embryos)
* genetic similarities (DNA)
* biochemical similarities
In one classification system, there are 2 main groups. In others, there are 3. In the one used by most of the world's scientists, which we will also use, there are 5 main groups. All living things are placed in one of the five KINGDOMS...which are the most general group. They are then broken down into smaller groups, then smaller groups, then smaller and so on until there is just one... SPECIES is the most specific group...
Organisms are classified by their:
* physical structure (how they look)
* evolutionary relationships
* embryonic similarities (embryos)
* genetic similarities (DNA)
* biochemical similarities
In one classification system, there are 2 main groups. In others, there are 3. In the one used by most of the world's scientists, which we will also use, there are 5 main groups. All living things are placed in one of the five KINGDOMS...which are the most general group. They are then broken down into smaller groups, then smaller groups, then smaller and so on until there is just one... SPECIES is the most specific group...
Taxonomy- The branch of science that classifies and names living things.
Genus & Species
* Humans are known as Homo sapiens
The Five kingdoms
Monera
Protista
Fung
Plantae
Animalia
Organisms are grouped in these five kingdoms by:
The presences or absence of a nuclear membrane
Unicellular or multicellular
The type of nutrition (heterophic or autotrophic)
Below is a classification chart to refer to!
Genus & Species
* Humans are known as Homo sapiens
The Five kingdoms
Monera
Protista
Fung
Plantae
Animalia
Organisms are grouped in these five kingdoms by:
The presences or absence of a nuclear membrane
Unicellular or multicellular
The type of nutrition (heterophic or autotrophic)
Below is a classification chart to refer to!