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Warm-Up (3/20)
1. Name one difference and one similarity between prokaryotic
and eukaryotic cells.
2. What happens to the allele frequency of a population when
genetic drift occurs?
When genetic drift occurs, the allele frequency …
Classification
Classification
Classification
• The scientific name of an organism is its
genus and its species.
Homo sapiens
Genus
Always capitalized
Species
always lowercase
Classification
• The scientific name of an organism is its
genus and its species.
Homo sapiens
same Genus
different species
Homo neanderthalis
Classification
• The scientific name of an organism
is its genus and its species.
• This system is binomial
nomenclature and was founded by
Carl Linnaeus.
Classification
Can you guess the common name of each species?
Scientific Name
Homo sapiens
Canis lupus
Common Name
Humans
Dog
Terrapene carolina
Turtle
Mangifera indica
Mango
Neopalpa donaldtrumpi
A new species
of moth
Which TWO are more closely related?
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Classification
• The scientific name of an organism
is its genus and its species.
• This system is binomial
nomenclature and was founded by
Carl Linnaeus.
• 3 Domains of Life
1) Archaebacteria
2) Eubacteria
3) Eukaryotes
Classification
• 3 Domains of Life
1. Archaebacteria
2. Eubacteria
3. Eukaryotes
single-celled prokaryotes
Classification
• 3 Domains of Life
1. Archaebacteria single-celled prokaryotes
2. Eubacteria
3. Eukaryotes
• Kingdom Plantae
Classification
• 3 Domains of Life
1. Archaebacteria single-celled prokaryotes
2. Eubacteria
3. Eukaryotes
• Kingdom Plantae
• Kingdom Animalia
Classification
• 3 Domains of Life
1. Archaebacteria single-celled prokaryotes
2. Eubacteria
3. Eukaryotes
• Kingdom Plantae
• Kingdom Animalia
• Kingdom Fungi
Classification
• 3 Domains of Life
1. Archaebacteria single-celled prokaryotes
2. Eubacteria
3. Eukaryotes
• Kingdom Plantae
• Kingdom Animalia
• Kingdom Fungi
• Kingdom Protista
Classification
• 3 Domains of Life
1. Archaebacteria
2. Eubacteria
3. Eukaryotes
• Kingdom Plantae
• Kingdom Animalia
• Kingdom Fungi
• Kingdom Protista
single-celled prokaryotes
multicellular
Using a Dichotomous Key
Your Task
1. Using the key provided, find
the common name of 12 fish.
2. Then find the scientific name
(genus + species) of each of
the 12 fish.
Closure
Answer the following question in a complete
sentence:
Which two taxa (classification
groups) does the scientific
name of an organism have?
The scientific name of an
organism has its _________
and its __________.
Name
Date
Period
Scale
from 1-10