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Classification Unit Graphic Organizer
Classification
What is it?
Why?
Easy to find/
understand
Putting things into
groups
Examples
Based on
similarities
Telephone Book
Store
Dictionary
Early Classification
Systems
Early Man
Dinosaurs
What can I eat?
Plant Eaters
Meat Eaters
What will eat me?
What will eat me?
What can I eat?
What can I eat?
What will eat me?
What can’t I eat?
History of
Classification
Dinosaurs & Early
Man (con’t)
Aristotle (400 BC)
What should I
fear?
What is easy to
get?
Two groups
What shouldn’t I
fear?
What is hard to
get?
Plants
Animals
Plants
Animals
Herbs
Land
Bushes
Water
Carolus Linnaeus
Air
Trees
Father of modern
classification
Developed classification
hierarchy
Domains
Archae
Eubacteria
Eukaryota
Ancient bacteria/
extremophiles
All other
bacteria
All other living
things
Kingdom Archae
Kingdom Monera
(Bacteria
Kingdoms
Protista, Fungi,
Plantae, Anamalia
Developed classification
hierarchy
Domain
Kingdom
Kingdoms
Phylum (Division
Plantae)
Archae
Fungi
Class
Monera
(Bacteria)
Plantae
Protista
Animalia
Order
Family
Species
Genus
Two Names
Genus species
All names in Latin
Binomial
Nomenclature
Species name is
unique
Species share the
same genus
Species are closely
related
How do we classify?
Use observable
properties
Examples
External
Structure
Hard or soft
Living, once living,
non-living
Patterns
Geometric
Shapes
Symmetric/
Asymmetric
Basic rules for
classification
Know what is
being classified
Make many
observations
Classify based on
your observations
Group similar
things together
Place most similar
in the same species
Most general
group kingdom
Asks two
questions
Dichotomous/
Classification Key
Answered yes or
no
Continue until
organism is identified