This concerns the scientific study of naming and grouping living things.

2. In biology…..
is very
important!

3.  Classification is the
arrangement of
objects, ideas, or information
into groups, the members of
which have one or more
characteristics in common.
 Classification makes things
easier to find, identify, and
study.

4. Taxonomy is the branch
of biology concerned with
the grouping and naming
of organisms
Biologists who study this
are called taxonomists

5. People wanted to organize
their world so they began
grouping, or classifying
everything they saw.

6. Things that swim
Things that fly
Things that crawl
Things that walk on four
legs
Things that chew their
food
Things that are toxic

7. To help us study the
earth
To help us organize all
the species we discover
Prevents misnomers

8. To give every
species a name
based on a
standard method

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11. •2000 years
ago, Aristotle was the
first taxonomist
•Aristotle divided
organisms into plants &
animals
•He subdivided them by
their habitat -
land, sea, or air dwellers
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12. Carolus Linnaeus
was a Swedish
botanist
Developed a
7-level (taxa)
classification
system based on
similarities
between organisms

13. Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species

14. Kingdom King
Phylum Philip
Class Called
Order Oprah
Family For
Genus Good
Species Spices

15. There are 6 broad
kingdoms
Every living thing
that we know of fits
into one of the six
kingdoms

16. Kingdom Broadest
Phylum (Division – used for plants)
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Most
Specific
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