What did Carl Linnaeus do in 1730’s?
He developed a system to classify all living animals.
He separated into plant and animal kingdom.
How was Linnaeus’ list separated?
-Kingdom
-Phylum
-Class
-Order
-Family
-Genus
-Species
-Latin Translation
What classification system was introduced in 1969?
Five-Kingdom classification system:
-Presence or absence of nucleus
-Number of cells
-Type of metabolism
The kingdoms were:
-Monerans (prokaryotic, unicellular)
-Protists (eukaryotic, mostly unicellular)
-Fungi (decomposers)
-Plants (Photosynthesis)
-Animals (Ingestion)
What are the 5 kingdoms?
Monera - unicellular, prokaryotic
Protista - Unicellular and simple, eukaryotic
Animalia - Eukaryotic, multicellular, heterotrophic
Plantae - Eukaryotic, multicellular, and photosynthetic
Fungi - Eukaryotic, unicellular and multicellular, and decomposers.
What are living things grouped according to?
Characteristics
What is the new three-domain classification system?
The three domains are:
Eubacteria
Kingdom:
-Bacteria
Eukaryota
Kingdom:
-Animalia
-Plantae
-Fungi
-Protista
Archaea
Kingdom:
-Archaea
What is Taxonomy?
Taxonomy is the branch of biology that helps to name and classify organisms.
What two names are organisms given?
Genus and species
What characteristics define humans
At what levels can humans be studied?
-Atomic and molecular
-Cellular
-Tissue
-Organ
-Organ systems
-Organism
-Population
-Community
-Ecosystem
-Biosphere
What is the biosphere?
The worldwide ecosystem.
What is an ecosystem?
Communities of different populations that interact with each other and the nonliving environment.
What is a community?
Populations of different organisms interacting with each other in a particular place.
What is a population?
A group of individual organisms in a particular place
Organism?
An independent living unit
Organ system
many organs functioning together
Organ
Collection of tissues that work together for a particular function
Tissue
man cells that perform a particular function
Cell
simplest unit that shows characteristics of life
Molecules
specific arrangements of atoms
Atoms
The fundamental units of matter