section 1 biodiversity. although scientists have classified almost 2 million species, there are...
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biodiversity- the variety of organisms that exist
Although scientists have classified almost 2 million species, there are likely many more
Taxonomy- the science of describing, naming and classifying organisms
Various naming systems have been used over the years
Aristotle’s System
Animals Plants
Classified based on where they lived; land, water or air
Classified based on stem differences
The Linnaean System Grouped
organisms according to their form and structure
(morphology) Had seven
levels Most like the
system we used today
Linnaeus’ hierarchy Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species
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Linnaeus grouped structurally similar organisms of a single type into the species category.
Today’s system uses the added level of “domain” above kingdom
Linnaeus also gave organisms a species name a.k.a scientific name with two parts:
Genus (first letter capitalized) Species identifier (all lowercase) **Both underlined or italicized
Human Classification
Our scientific name: Homo sapiensOur genus name is Homo Our species identifier is sapiens
This two part naming system is known as
Binomial nomenclature
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Names often describe the organism
In addition… Some species are given subspecies
names torefer to the geographic area in which
they live
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