Download “The Classification of Living Things” Video

“The Classification of Living Things” Video
 Classify: to sort things into groups by how they are alike & different using
both physical and behavioral characteristics.
 Seven Levels of the Classification System
-Kingdom
-Phylum
-Class
-Order
-Family
-Genus
-Species
-King
-Philip
-Comes
-Over
-For
-Good
-Spaghetti
 Classification of the house cat  Royal Kitty
-Kingdom
-Phylum
-Class
-Order
-Family
-Genus
-Species
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Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Carnivora
Felidae
Felis
domesticus
 Carolus Linnaeus created the Binomial system
o Binomial  2 word naming system (Genus, species)
 The Classification System makes it easier to find things.
 Scientists call organisms by their scientific name.
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Common Names
o Mountain Lion
o Puma
o Cougar
Only 1 Scientific Name
Felis concolor
(Genus) (Species)
 Kingdoms
o (5) – Monera, Protist, Fungus, Plant, & Animal
o (6) – Eubacteria, Archaebacteria, Protist, Fungus, Plant, & Animal
Kingdom
Food
Movement
# of Cells
Animals
Plants
Fungi
Protists
Monerans
Eat
Make
Absorb
Make or obtain
Make or obtain
Yes
No
No
Some move
Some move
Many
Many
Many
One
One
 Kingdom Monera  Bacteria
o Bacteria can be found anywhere on Earth ~ even inside your mouth.
 Some cause illness  strep throat
 Many are helpful  make cheese, yogurt, etc.
o Most monerans trap the sun’s energy to make food.
o Other bacteria, called Archaebacteria, use a chemical reaction to make
food because they live where there is no sunlight (deep ocean floor).
 Kingdom Protista
o Most are single-celled
o Have a nucleus (eukaryotic)
o Some can photosynthesize and others eat & absorb food
 Kingdom Fungi
o Types of Fungi
 Mushrooms, molds, yeast, mildew, etc.
o Made of many cells
o Cannot move around
o Get food by absorbing it from other living things or from organisms
that are dead & decaying.
 Called Decomposers.
 Kingdom Plantae
o Multicellular
o Use photosynthesis to make food (H20 + Sunlight + CO2  Sugar + O2)
o Some Plants are “Nonvascular” (Example: moss)
 Water from outside must be absorbed directly into the plants
cells.
 The plants cells must be near water so the plant cannot grow very
tall.
o Most plants are “Vascular”
 Tube-like cells bring H20 & nutrients made to all cells in the plant.
 Vascular plants  Seeds & No Seeds
 No Seeds (Example: fern)
o Have tiny cells, called spores, that can grow into a new plant.
 Seeds  Flowering & Non-flowering
o Flowering  largest group of plants that make seeds are
flowering plants.
o Non-flowering  Cones
 Kingdom Animalia
o Have many cells
o Eat other organisms for energy
o Can move from place to place  motile
o 16 Phyla  Invertebrates & Vertebrates
 Invertebrates (15 Phyla)
 No Backbone
 Insects make up the largest group of invertebrates
o Insects have 3 body parts and 6 legs
 Phylum Arthropoda
(Insects, spiders, scorpions, ticks, mites, lobsters, crabs, etc.)
o Legs that bend at a joint
o Sectioned bodies
o Exoskeleton
 Phylum Cnideria
(Examples: jellyfish, sea anemones, coral)
o Have stinging cells that protect them from other animals.
 Phylum Echinodermata
(Examples: sea stars, sea urchins, sea cucumbers)
o Echinodermata  means spiny skin
 Phylum Mollusca (Examples: snails, clams, etc.)
o Most have shells
 Phylum Porifera (Example: sponges)
o Look like plants but are animals
o Trap their food in spaces in their bodies
 Vertebrates (1 Phylum  Chordata)
 5 Classes of the Chordata Phylum
o Fish
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Cold-blooded  body temperature is very close to the
temperature of the air around them.
Most fish hatch eggs
All live in water & use gills to get oxygen from water
Most have scales to protect them in the water
Have fins to help move through the water
o Amphibians
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(Examples: frogs & salamanders)
Cold-blooded  body temperature is very close to the
temperature of the air around them.
Hatch eggs
Start life in water
As adults their bodies change to allow them to live on land
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Reptiles
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o Birds
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(Examples: lizards/snakes, alligators/crocs, turtles/tortoises)
Cold-blooded  body temperature is very close to the
temperature of the air around them.
Hatch eggs
Have dry and scaly skin
Use lungs to breath in air
Warm-blooded
Hatch eggs
Bodies are covered with feathers
All birds have wings and most birds can fly
o Mammals
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Warm-blooded
Born alive  feed milk to young
Usually have hair on bodies
Most live on land
Two mammals that live in the ocean are whales & dolphins
The only mammal that can fly is the bat