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CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS
What is it?
What is it?
Is the process of grouping things based on their simularities.
A species is a group of similar organisms that can mate with each other and produce offpsring that can also mate and reproduce.
Scientists use this "naming system" t classify organism according to their shared characteristics.
Each of these groups have very simular characteristics.
Taxonomy
Taxonomy
Taxonomy is the practice and science of categorization or classification. A taxonomy (or taxonomical classification) is a scheme of classification, especially a hierarchical classification, in which things are organized into groups or types.
Domains
Domains
Domain is the highest taxonomic rank in the hierarchical biological classification system, above the kingdom level. There are three domains of life, the Archaea, the Bacteria, and the Eucarya.
Binomial Nomenclature
Binomial nomenclature is the formal naming system for living things that all scientists use. It gives every species a two-part scientific name.
Scientific Names
Linnaeus, the creator of the classification system, used Latin in his naming system. This language is now used among all scientists.
Common Ancestry
Evolution is the principle of life science. As the changes of evolution increase, scientists change how they classify systems.
Evolutionary Ships
Scientists also compare the DNA of an organism's cells. Unrelated organisms can have the same environment (convergent evolution).
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