Quick Write p 106: Why is it important to place living things into categories? copyright cmassengale1

Quick Write p 106:Why is it important to place living things into

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Special thanks to Kendra, Stephon, and Nicholas for taking the chairs down

every morningUn agradecimiento especial a Kendra,

Stephon, y Nicholas para tomar las sillas de abajo cada mañana

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Actively participate (Have S.W.A.G.)

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Participants may write burning questions on a sticky note and place on the parking lot

BE PRESENT (Developing H.O.T.S. for Science)

Burning Issues

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ClassificatioClassificationn

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•There are There are 13 billion13 billion known known species of organismsspecies of organisms

•This is This is only 5% of allonly 5% of all organisms that ever organisms that ever lived!!!!!lived!!!!!

•New organismsNew organisms are still are still being found and identifiedbeing found and identified

Species of OrganismsSpecies of Organisms


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What is Classification?What is Classification?

Classification is the Classification is the arrangement of organisms arrangement of organisms into orderly groups based into orderly groups based on their similaritieson their similarities

Classification is also known Classification is also known as taxonomyas taxonomy

Taxonomists are scientists Taxonomists are scientists that identify & name that identify & name organismsorganisms


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Benefits of ClassifyingBenefits of Classifying

•Accurately & uniformly Accurately & uniformly names organisms names organisms

•Prevents misnomers such Prevents misnomers such as starfish & jellyfish that as starfish & jellyfish that aren't really fish aren't really fish

•Uses same language Uses same language (Latin or some Greek) for (Latin or some Greek) for all names all names

Sea”horseSea”horse”??”??


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Confusion in Using Different Confusion in Using Different Languages for NamesLanguages for Names


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Latin Names are Understood Latin Names are Understood by all Taxonomistsby all Taxonomists


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Early TaxonomistsEarly Taxonomists

•2000 years ago, 2000 years ago, Aristotle was the Aristotle was the first taxonomistfirst taxonomist

•Aristotle divided Aristotle divided organisms into organisms into plants & animalsplants & animals

•He subdivided He subdivided them by their them by their habitat ---land, sea, habitat ---land, sea, or air dwellers or air dwellers


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Early TaxonomistsEarly Taxonomists•John Ray, a John Ray, a

botanist,botanist, was was the first to use the first to use Latin for Latin for namingnaming

•His His namesnames were were very longvery long descriptions descriptions telling telling everything everything about the plantabout the plant


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Carolus LinnaeusCarolus Linnaeus1707 – 17781707 – 1778

•18th century taxonomist

•Classified organisms by their structure

•Developed naming system still used today


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Carolus LinnaeusCarolus Linnaeus

•Called the “Father of Called the “Father of Taxonomy”Taxonomy”

•Developed the modern Developed the modern system of naming system of naming known as binomial known as binomial nomenclaturenomenclature

•Two-word name (Genus Two-word name (Genus & species)& species)


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Standardized Standardized NamingNaming

•Binomial Binomial nomenclature usednomenclature used

•Genus speciesGenus species

•Latin or GreekLatin or Greek

•Italicized in printItalicized in print

•Capitalize genus, Capitalize genus, but NOT speciesbut NOT species

•Underline when Underline when writingwriting

Turdus Turdus migratoriusmigratorius

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Binomial NomenclatureBinomial Nomenclature

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Rules for Naming OrganismsRules for Naming Organisms

•The The International Code for International Code for Binomial Nomenclature Binomial Nomenclature contains the rules for contains the rules for naming organismsnaming organisms

•All names must be approved All names must be approved by International Naming by International Naming Congresses (International Congresses (International Zoological Congress)Zoological Congress)

•This prevents duplicated This prevents duplicated namesnames


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Classification GroupsClassification Groups

•Taxon ( taxa-plural) is a Taxon ( taxa-plural) is a category into which related category into which related organisms are placedorganisms are placed

•There is a hierarchy of There is a hierarchy of groups (taxa) from broadest groups (taxa) from broadest to most specificto most specific

•Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Genus, speciesspecies


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Hierarchy-Taxonomic Hierarchy-Taxonomic GroupsGroups

DomainKingdom

Phylum (Division – used for plants)

Class Order Family

Genus Species

BROADEST BROADEST TAXONTAXON

Most Specific


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DDumbumb

KKinging

PPhilliphillip

CCameame

OOverver

FForor

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TaxonsTaxons

•Most genera contain a Most genera contain a number of similar number of similar speciesspecies

•The genus The genus HomoHomo is an is an exception (only contains exception (only contains modern humans)modern humans)

•Classification is based on evolutionary evolutionary relationshipsrelationships


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Basis for Modern Basis for Modern TaxonomyTaxonomy

•Homologous structures Homologous structures (same structure, (same structure, different function)different function)

•Similar embryo Similar embryo developmentdevelopment

•Molecular Similarity in Molecular Similarity in DNADNA, , RNARNA, or , or amino acidamino acid sequence of Proteinssequence of Proteins


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Homologous Structures (BONES in the FORELIMBS) Homologous Structures (BONES in the FORELIMBS) shows Similarities in mammals.shows Similarities in mammals.


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Similarities in Vertebrate Similarities in Vertebrate EmbryosEmbryos


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CladogramCladogramDiagram showing how organisms are related Diagram showing how organisms are related

based on shared, derived characteristics based on shared, derived characteristics such as feathers, hair, or scalessuch as feathers, hair, or scales


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Primate Primate CladogramCladogram


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Dichotomous KeyingDichotomous Keying

•Used to identify Used to identify organismsorganisms

•Characteristics given in Characteristics given in pairspairs

•Read both Read both characteristics and characteristics and either go to another set either go to another set of characteristics OR of characteristics OR identify the organismidentify the organism


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Example of Dichotomous Example of Dichotomous KeyKey

1a Tentacles present – Go to 21a Tentacles present – Go to 2

1b Tentacles absent – Go to 31b Tentacles absent – Go to 3

2a Eight Tentacles – Octopus2a Eight Tentacles – Octopus

2b More than 8 tentacles – 32b More than 8 tentacles – 3

3a Tentacles hang down – go to 3a Tentacles hang down – go to 44

3b Tentacles upright–Sea 3b Tentacles upright–Sea AnemoneAnemone

4a Balloon-shaped body–4a Balloon-shaped body–JellyfishJellyfish

4b Body NOT balloon-shaped - 54b Body NOT balloon-shaped - 5


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•Broadest, most inclusive Broadest, most inclusive taxontaxon

•Three domainsThree domains

•Archaea and Bacteria are Archaea and Bacteria are unicellular prokaryotes (no unicellular prokaryotes (no nucleus or membrane-bound nucleus or membrane-bound organelles)organelles)

•Eukarya are more complex Eukarya are more complex and have a nucleus and and have a nucleus and membrane-bound organellesmembrane-bound organelles

DomainsDomains


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ARCHAEA•Kingdom - ARCHAEBACTERIA

•Probably the 1st cells to evolve

•Live in HARSH environments

•Found in:

–Sewage Treatment Plants (Methanogens)

–Thermal or Volcanic Vents (Thermophiles)

–Hot Springs or Geysers that are acid

–Very salty water (Dead Sea; Great Salt Lake) - Halophiles


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ARCHAEAN


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BACTERIA

•Kingdom - EUBACTERIA

•Some may cause DISEASE

•Found in ALL HABITATS except harsh ones

•Important decomposers for environment

•Commercially important in making cottage cheese, yogurt, buttermilk, etc.


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Live in the intestines of animalsLive in the intestines of animals


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Domain Eukarya is Domain Eukarya is Divided into KingdomsDivided into Kingdoms

•ProtistaProtista (protozoans, algae…) (protozoans, algae…)

•FungiFungi (mushrooms, yeasts …) (mushrooms, yeasts …)

•PlantaePlantae (multicellular plants) (multicellular plants)

•AnimaliaAnimalia (multicellular (multicellular animals) animals)


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ProtistaProtista

•Most are Most are unicellularunicellular

•Some are Some are multicellularmulticellular

•Some are Some are autotrophicautotrophic, , while others are while others are heterotrophicheterotrophic

•AquaticAquatic


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FungiFungi•Multicellular,Multicellular,

except yeastexcept yeast

•Absorptive Absorptive heterotrophsheterotrophs (digest food (digest food outside their outside their body & then body & then absorb it)absorb it)

•Cell walls Cell walls made of made of chitinchitin


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PlantaePlantae

•MulticellularMulticellular

•AutotrophicAutotrophic

•Absorb Absorb sunlight sunlight to make glucose to make glucose – Photosynthesis– Photosynthesis

•Cell walls made Cell walls made of of cellulosecellulose


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AnimaliaAnimalia

•MulticellularMulticellular

•Ingestive Ingestive heterotrophsheterotrophs (consume (consume food & digest food & digest it inside their it inside their bodies)bodies)

•Feed on Feed on plantsplants or or animalsanimals


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