Classification of Living Things.
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- Taxonomy is the scientific study of naming, defining and classifying groups of biological organisms based on shared characteristics.
- It makes the study of different kinds of organisms much easier. It tells us about the inter-relationship among the various organisms.It makes us aware of and gives us information regarding the diversity of plants and animals
- Carolus Linnaeus came up with the binomial system of nomenclature, in which each species is identified by a generic name (genus) and a specific name (species). His 1753 publication, Species Plantarum, which described the new classification system, marked the initial use of the nomenclature for all flowering plants and ferns.
- Scientific names are also designed to tell you something about the animal's relationships with other animals.
- The scientific names of species are italicized. The genus name is always capitalized and is written first; the specific epithet follows the genus name and is not capitalized. There is no exception to this.
- The major ranks: domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species, applied to the red fox, Vulpes vulpes. The hierarchy of biological classification's eight major taxonomic ranks.
- For classification, the protists are divided into three groups: Animal-like protists, which are heterotrophs and have the ability to move. Plant-like protists are autotrophs that photosynthesize. Fungi-like protists, which are heterotrophs, have cells with cell walls and reproduce by forming spores.
- Plants and animals share many characteristics, but they are different in some respects. Animals usually move around and find their own food, while plants are usually immobile and create their food via photosynthesis. Plants and animals both have cells that contain DNA, yet the structure of their cells differs.
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