Chapter 17 –Some Vocab · Chapter 17 –Some Vocab ... Giant panda Polar bear Red wolf Twinflower n/a "black and white cat-foot" "maritime bear" "red dog" "northern Linneaus" "Brazilian"

Chapter17– SomeVocab• Classification:groupingofobjectsorinformationbasedonsimilarities.• Taxonomy: branchofbiologythatgroupsandnamesorganismsbasedonstudiesoftheirdifferentcharacteristics.

Discusswithapartner:

3differentwaystogrouptheseanimals.

Whatcharacteristicsdidyouuseforeachofyourclassifications?

BinomialnomenclatureTwo-wordsystemUsesgenus andspecificepithet

e.g.–Homosapiens–Lynxrufus–Escherichiacoli

Groupofsimilarspecies

Oftendescribescharacteristicoforganism

Taxonomicrankings

Taxa– MnemonicDeviceDomainKingdomPhylumClassOrderFamilyGenusSpecies

DidKingPhillipCallOnFiveGoodSoldiers?

DumbKidsPlayingCardsOnFreewayGetSquished

MnemonicDeviceDomainKingdomPhylumClassOrderFamilyGenusSpecies

3minutes!Createyourown&sharewithclass

CladogramModelofthephylogeny ofaspecies

Theevolutionaryhistoryofaspecies

Life’sSixKingdoms• Eubacteria• Archaebacteria• Protists• Fungi• Plants• Animals

Life’sSixKingdoms

MiniLab 17.2

• Pg 453,1-4

QuickGame:20Questions

DichotomousKey

DichotomousKey

DichotomousKeyActivity1. ClassWebsiteà ExternalLinksà DichotomousKeyWebActivity

2. Clickthroughinteractiveactivity3. WritedowncorrectspeciesnamesforAthroughE