Transcript Classification Chapter 18

Classification of Living
Things
Chapter 18
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REMEMBER
BIODIVERSITY
______________
total of all the living things in an ecosystem
SPECIES
___________
population of organisms that share similar
characteristics and can breed with each other
Biologists have identified and named
2.5 million
over______________
species so far.
Estimates = between 2-100 million
species yet be discovered
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WHY CLASSIFY?
Identifies and names organisms
Groups organisms in a logical manner
TAXONOMY
_______________ =
branch of biology that
names and groups organisms
Naming and organizing animals
into groups with biological
significance helps make sense
of relationships.
BIRD . . . ?
An animal with feathers
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A good classification system:
places organisms in a group with
other organisms that are
similar
A good classification system:
UNIQUE
Uses names that are _________
CHANGE as new data is discovered
Can _____
RELATIONSHIPS
Shows _____________
of organisms
(300 B.C.)
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The first person to
group or classify
organisms was the
Greek teacher &
philosopher
ARISTOTLE
_______________
more than 2000
years ago.
http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/aristotle.html
Aristotle’s system
By: Riedell
PLANTS:
Based on
size of stem
ANIMALS:
Based on
where they lived
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Common names can vary
Example:
puma,
catamount,
mountain lion,
cougar
. . . are all names
for same animal
By using a universally accepted scientific name,
scientists can be sure they are discussing
the same organism
Common names vary
Chipmunk
Streifenhornchen (German)
Tamia (Italian)
Ardilla listada (Spanish)
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Common names can be misleading
Ex:
A jellyFISH isn’t a fish,
but a seaHORSE is!
Image from: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jellyfish
Sea cucumber
sounds like a plant
but… it’s an animal!
Image from:
http://www.alaska.net/~scubaguy/images/seacucumber.jpg
Common names can be misleading
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In the United Kingdom,
BUZZARD refers to a hawk
In the United States,
BUZZARD refers to a
vulture.
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By mid 19th century,
scientists recognized that
using common names was
confusing.
Scientists agreed to use
____________
Latin and Greek to give a
single name to each
species.
EXAMPLE: RED OAK
Quercus foliis obtuse-sinuatis
setaceo-mucronatis
“oak with deeply divided leaves with
deep blunt lobes bearing hair-like
bristles”
PROBLEMS:
Names too hard and long to remember!
Different scientists described different
characteristics.
Carolus Linnaeus comes
to the rescue!
Swedish botanist who
devised a new
classification system
This system is still used
today!
(1707-1778)
Image from: http://www.medusozoa.com/images/linnaeus.jpg
Linnaeus’s System
Organisms are grouped in a
hierarchy of 7 different
taxonomic levels
TAXONS
OR ____________
Each organism has a two part
scientific name
= BINOMIAL
_________________________
NOMENCLATURE
Kidspiration by Riedell
Source: see end of show
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Kids
Prefer
Cheese
Over
Fried
Green
Spinach
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Chordata
Class Mammalia
Order Carnivora
Family Felidae
Genus Panthera
Species leo
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BINOMIAL NOMENCLATURE
(2-name naming system)
1st name = _______________
GENUS NAME
– Always capitalized
2nd name = _________________
SPECIES NAME
–Always lower case
UNDERLINED or
Both names are ______________
ITALICS
written in ____________.
GENUS = group of closely related
species
GENUS = Ursus (Includes many kinds of bears)
Ursus
arctos
Ursus
maritimus
Ursus
americanis
SPECIES = unique to each kind of bear
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Binomial nomenclature
Humans
Homo sapiens
Homo sapiens
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MODERN EVOLUTIONARY
CLASSIFICATION
18-2
In a way, organisms determine
who belongs to their species
by choosing with whom they
will __________!
MATE
Taxonomic groups are
“invented” by scientists to
group organisms with similar
characteristics
_______________.
BUT. . .
which characteristics
are MOST IMPORTANT?
Should a dolphin be grouped
with fish because it has fins
and lives in water?
OR with mammals because it
breathes air and makes milk
for its young?
Look at these 3 organisms:
BARNACLE
CRAB
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LIMPET
BIOLOGY by Miller and Levine; Prentice Hall Publishers© 2006
Judging by
appearances you
would probably put
limpets and barnacles
together in a group
and crabs in a different group.
BUT LOOKS can be deceiving!
Look more closely!
LIMPET
BARNACLE
Limpet and barnacle larvae are very different.
Barnacles have jointed limbs.
Limpets DON’T !
Barnacles have a segmented body
Limpets DON’T !
Barnacles have an exoskeleton that molts.
Limpets DON’T !
CRAB
Look more closely!
LIMPET
CRAB
BARNACLE
Crab and barnacle larvae are very similar
Barnacles have jointed limbs.
So do CRABS !
Barnacles have a segmented body
So do CRABS !
Barnacles have an exoskeleton that molts.
So do CRABS !
LIMPET
SNAIL
Limpets have an internal anatomy more like
snails, which are MOLLUSKS.
Because of these characteristics, scientists have
concluded that barnacles are more closely
related to crabs than to MOLLUSKS
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BOTH crabs and barnacles have been
classified as CRUSTACEANS
MODERN TAXONOMY
Grouping organisms based on
their evolutionary history =
Evolutionary classification
_____________________
MODERN TAXONOMY
The study of an organism’s
evolutionary history
= phylogeny
CLADISTICS
____________is
a system of
classifying organisms that
considers only characteristics
that are “new evolutionary
innovations”.
Characteristics that appear in
recent parts of a lineage but
not in its older members
= __________________
Derived characters
Derived characters can be used
to construct a diagram that
shows evolutionary relationships
among groups of organisms
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cladogram
= ________
Derived characters
appear at branches
of the cladogram
showing where they
first arose.
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Cladograms help
scientists understand
how one lineage
branched from
another
All of the classification methods
discussed so far are based on
physical similarities and differences.
Even organisms with very different
anatomies can share common traits.
EX: All living things use
______________to
pass on
DNA and RNA
information and control growth.
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GENES of many organisms show
remarkable similarity at the molecular
level.
Similarities in DNA can be used to
help determine classification and
evolutionary relationships between
organisms.
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Humans have a gene that codes for a
protein that helps our muscles move
MYOSIN
called __________
Researchers have found a gene in
yeast that codes for a myosin
protein, that enables internal cell
parts to move.
http://universe-review.ca/I11-32-yeast.jpg
Similarities in DNA can be used to
help show evolutionary relationships
and how species have changed.
African vulture
American vulture
Stork
Traditionally these first two were
classified together in falcon family.
Storks were put in a separate family.
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American vultures have a peculiar
behavior. When they get overheated,
they urinate on their legs to cool off
African vulture
American vulture
Stork
The only other bird that does this is the
STORK.
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DNA comparisons showed more
similarities between American vulture
and stork DNA than DNA from the
two kinds of vultures suggesting a
recent common ancestor
more ______________________
between storks and American vultures
African vulture
American vulture
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Stork
Comparisons of DNA can also be used to
mark the passage of evolutionary time
A model that uses DNA comparisons to
estimate the length of time that two
species have been evolving
independently
MOLECULAR CLOCK
= ________________
Mutations
____________
occur
all the time and
cause slight changes
to the DNA code.
dissimilarity
Degree of _________
is an indication of how
long ago two species
shared a common
ancestor
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Different genes
accumulate
mutations at
different rates so
there are many
molecular clocks
“ticking”.
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Allows scientists to time different
kinds of evolutionary events, like
using different hands on a clock.
Kingdoms & Domains
Chapter 18-3
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As we discovered more about
the natural world…
not all organisms fit into Linnaeus’s
plant or _____)
animal
2 kingdoms (_____
fungi
Ex:
_________
_____
bacteria
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FIVE ORIGINAL KINGDOMS
_______________________
(BACTERIA)
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As we learned more about bacteria,
MONERA kingdom was split
the __________
into TWO distinct kingdoms
___________
Eubacteria & ______________
Archaebacteria
6 KINGDOMS used today
Eubacteria Archaebacteria Protista Plantae Fungi Animalia
THREE-DOMAIN system
Molecular analyses have given
taxonomic
rise to a new
___________
category
_______ now recognized
= DOMAIN
_______
Bacteria
Archaea
Eukarya
Eubacteria Archaebacteria Protista Plantae Fungi Animalia
Domains are larger than Kingdoms and
are based on the kind of
Ribosomal
RNA an organism has.
____________
6 Kingdom
System
Archaebacteria
Eubacteria
Protista
Fungi
Plantae
Animalia
Kidspiration by Riedell
Cell without a nucleus
PROKARYOTE
= ____________
REMEMBER
(Includes bacteria)
Cell with a nucleus and organelles surrounded
by membranes = _________________
EUKARYOTE
(includes plants and animals)
Organism that can make its own food using
photosynthesis or chemosynthesis =
AUTOTROPH
______________
Organism that gets food energy from
consuming other organisms = HETEROTROPH
_____________
A ONE-CELLED organism
UNICELLULAR
= _____________________
REMEMBER
Organism made of many cells
MULTICELLULAR
= ______________
Polysaccharide made by joining glucose
molecules together which makes plants sturdy
= _________________
CELLULOSE
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DOMAIN: BACTERIA
KINGDOM: EUBACTERIA
PROKARYOTES
_______________________
UNICELLULAR
______________________
PEPTIDOGLYCAN
Have cell walls with ________________
AUTOTROPHS or HETEROTROPHS
Can be ____________
______________
E. coli, Streptococcus
EXAMPLES: _____________________
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Polymer made of sugars and amino acids
found outside the cell membrane in the cell
PEPTIDOGLYCAN
wall in some bacteria = ______________
http://www.scq.ubc.ca/?p=481
DOMAIN: ARCHAEA
KINGDOM: ARCHAEBACTERIA
PROKARYOTES
_________________
UNICELLULAR
_________________
Have cell walls
WITHOUT peptidoglycan
_________
HETEROTROPHS
Can be AUTOTROPHS
___________ or ______________
Halophiles; thermophiles;
EXAMPLES: _____________________
LIVE IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS like
volcanic hot springs, brine pools, low oxygen
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Organisms that can live in HIGH temperature
environments
THERMOPHILES
= ________________
Organisms that can live in high salt
environments
HALOPHILES
= ______________
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DOMAIN: EUKARYA
KINGDOM: PLANTAE
EUKARYOTES
_______________________
MULTICELLULAR
______________________
CELLULOSE
Have cell walls with ________________
and CHLOROPLASTS
_____________
AUTOTROPHS
_________________
Mosses, ferns, trees,
EXAMPLES: _____________________
flowering plants
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DOMAIN: EUKARYA
KINGDOM: ANIMALIA
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EUKARYOTES
_______________________
MULTICELLULAR
_____________________
NO CELL WALLS or _______________
CHLOROPLASTS
________________
HETEROTROPHS
__________________
Worms, insects, fish, birds,
EXAMPLES: _____________________
mammals, humans
DOMAIN: EUKARYA
KINGDOM: FUNGI
EUKARYOTES
_______________________
Most MULTICELLULAR; few UNICELLULAR
______________________
CHITIN
Have cell walls with ________________
_______________
HETEROTROPHSabsorb
nutrients from decaying
__________________________________
organic
matter
_______________________
EXAMPLES: _____________________
Mushrooms, yeast
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DOMAIN: EUKARYA
KINGDOM: PROTISTA
_______________________
EUKARYOTES
Most UNICELLULAR; some colonial/multi
______________________
Some have cell walls with
CELLULOSE
________________
Some
have chloroplasts
____________________
AUTOTROPHS or HETEROTROPHS
Can be _____________
_____________
Amoeba; Paramecium;
EXAMPLES: _____________________
Giant kelp; slime mold
http://www.ravelgrane.com/pix/proj/draco/paramecium-nahrung.gif
6 Kingdom
System
Archaebacteria
Eubacteria
Protista
Fungi
Plantae
Animalia
Kidspiration by Riedell
Figure 18-12 Key Characteristics of
Kingdoms and Domains
Section 18-3
Classification of Living Things
DOMAIN
Bacteria
Archaea
KINGDOM
____________
Eubacteria
Archaebacteria
Eukarya
Protista
Fungi
Plantae
Animalia
Prokaryote
Prokaryote
Eukaryote
Eukaryote
Eukaryote
Eukaryote
____________
Cell walls with
peptidoglycan
Cell walls
without
peptidoglycan
Cell walls of
cellulose in
some; some
have
chloroplasts
Cell walls
___________
of chitin
___________
Cell walls of
cellulose;
chloroplasts
No cell walls
or chloroplasts
Unicellular
_____________
Unicellular
Most unicellular;
some colonial;
some
multicellular
Most
multicellular;
some
unicellular
Multicellular
___________
Multicellular
____________
MODE OF
NUTRITION
Autotroph or
heterotroph
Autotroph or
heterotroph
Autotroph or
_____________
Heterotroph
_____________
Heterotroph
Autotroph
___________
Heterotroph
____________
EXAMPLES
Streptococcus,
Escherichia coli
Methanogens,
halophiles
Amoeba,
Paramecium,
slime molds,
giant kelp
Mushrooms,
yeasts
Mosses, ferns,
flowering
plants
Sponges,
worms,
insects, fishes,
mammals
CELL TYPE
CELL
STRUCTURES
NUMBER OF
CELLS
Figure 18-13 Cladogram of Six Kingdoms
and Three Domains
Section 18-3
DOMAIN
ARCHAEA
DOMAIN
EUKARYA
Kingdoms
DOMAIN
BACTERIA
Eubacteria
Archaebacteria
Protista
Plantae
Fungi
Animalia
Kidspiration by Riedell
Source: see end of show
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