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Classification of Life
Scientists group each separate kind of organism into a species according to the binomial system of nomenclature, which uses two Latin names to designate a separate type of organism.
What
is Scientific Classification?
Scientific
classification is how scientists catagorize and name
plants and animals.
Why
do we need scientific classification?
In order to
effectively study plants and animals, all scientists need to
use the same names. Using the same names keeps
scientists from getting confused about what species is being
referred to. Our current day classification system was created
by Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeaus in 1757; this is what we
refer to as Taxonomy.
What
is the Linnaean taxonomic system?
The Linnaean
taxonomic system is quite useful as a classification system.
Not only does it provide official names for every plant and
animal, it also helps scientists understand how objects are
related to one another. The Linnaean system is based on a
series of nested categories. Each Linnaean name is based on
Latin and Greek root words which are often difficult to
pronounce.
People that are
not scientists use common names. For example, the blues whale
is known by two names: 1) Most people call them by their
common name: "blue whale" while 2) Scientists use
the blue whale's scientific name: Balaenoptera musculus.
How
does taxonomy relate to marine mammals?
Marine mammals
are animals that are warm-blooded with back bones that live in
water. This information can also be discovered by
looking at marine mammal taxonomic classifications.
These classifications allow people to better understand how
marine mammals are related to other animals. The chart
below is a sample taxonomic chart for blue whales.
Classification
Blue
Whale Example
Explanation
Kingdom
Animalia
Whales
belong to the kingdom Animalia
because whales, have many cells, ingest food, and are formed from a
"blastula" (from a fertilized egg).
Phylum
Chordata
An
animal from the phylum
Chordata has a spinal cord
and gill pouches.
Class
Mammalia
Whales
and other mammals
are warm blooded, have glands to provide milk for their off-spring,
and have a four-chambered heart.
Order
Cetacea
Cetaceans
are mammals live completely in the water.
[Suborder]
Mysticeti
Whales
that belong to the suborder Mysticeti
have baleen plates (big
filters in their mouths) rather than teeth.
Family
Balaenidae
The
family Balaenidae,
also called rorqual whales. They have pleats around their throat that
allow them to hold lots of water (which contains their food).
Genus
Balaenoptera
A
genus is a group of species that are more closely related to one
another than any group in the family. Balaenoptera
refers to the genus.
Species
musculus
A
species is
a grouping of individuals that interbreed successfully. The blue
whale species name is musculus.
Scientific Classification ... What is Scientific Classification? Scientific classification
is
how scientists categorize and name plants and animals. ...
Classification of
the Animal Kingdom Classification. Why do we classify organisms? The case of the Orkney
vole: an ... Alternatively,
take a look at the University of California's Phylogeny of Life. ...
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Entombment of President Samuel Huntington
and First Lady Martha
1st President of the United States
in Congress Assembled
The United Colonies 1st
government began in a Philadelphia Tavern
and the United States 1st federal government ended in a
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The Founders convened the government in 11 different capitol buildings and
experienced 15 years of challenges that
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hyper-inflation, a failed
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