classification of living things and diversity

This presentation highlight the main concepts in the modern classification of organisms.

1. Diversity of Life
Classification of Living Things

2. What is classification?
Classification is the grouping of
things according to
characteristics
The science of classifying
organisms is known as
taxonomy

3. Early classification systems
Aristotle grouped animals
according to the way they
moved
John Ray was the first to use the
term “species”

4. Binomial Nomenclature
Developed by Linnaeus
Two-name system
Each organism has a genus and
a species name
First name (genus); second
name (species)

5. What is a scientific name?
Combination of the genus and
species name of an organism
Scientific names of organisms
are always italicized or
underlined: (Genus is
capitalized; species name is
lower-case)

6. Questions
What is classification?
Why is classifying living things
important?
What is taxonomy?
Describe binomial
nomenclature.

7. Questions
Who developed a system for
naming living organisms?
For what is John Ray known?
What is a scientific name of an
organism and how is it written?

8. Seven classification groups of living
things
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species

9. Questions
What are the seven
classification groups?
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