Classification of Living Things

Diversity of Life
What is classification?
Classification is the grouping
of things according to
characteristics
The science of classifying
organisms is known as
taxonomy
Early classification systems
Aristotle grouped animals
according to the way they
moved
John Ray was the first to use the
term species
Binomial Nomenclature
Developed by Linnaeus
Two-name system
Each organism has a genus and
a species name
First name (genus); second
name (species)
What is a scientific name?
Combination of the genus and
species name of an organism
Scientific names of organisms
are always italicized or
underlined: (Genus is
capitalized; species name is
lower-case)
Questions
What is classification?
Why is classifying living things
important?
What is taxonomy?
Describe binomial
nomenclature.

Questions
Who developed a system for
naming living organisms?
For what is John Ray known?
What is a scientific name of an
organism and how is it written?

Seven classification groups of
living things
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order


Family
Genus
Species
Questions
What are the seven
classification groups?
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