CLASSIFICATION #2

INTERESTING FACTS

1. There are 13 billion known species of organisms
2. This is only 5% of organisms ever lived!
3. New organisms are still being found and identified
4. Classification is the arrangement of organisms into orderly groups based on their similarities
5. Classification is also known as taxonomy
6. Taxonomists are scientist that identify & name organisms
7. 1st taxonomists, 2000 years ago: ARISTOTLE
8. Standardized Naming:

• Biomial nomenclature
• Genus species
• Latin/Greek
• Italicized in print
• CAPITALIZE GENUS, but not species
• Underline when writing
• EG: HOMO sapiens (PRINT)

PROBLEMS IN CLASSIFYING ORGANISMS

Species are mutated/ cross-breeding -.-