BIOLOGY 512

UNIT SEVEN: CLASSIFICATION: THE ORGANIZATION OF LIVING THINGS

UNIT OBJECTIVES

UPON COMPLETION OF THIS UNIT, THE STUDENT WILL BE ABLE TO:

¨ DEFINE CORE TERMINOLOGY.

¨ IDENTIFY THE NEED FOR CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS.

¨ DESCRIBE THE CHARACTERISTICS OF A GOOD CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM.

¨ EXPLAIN THE BINOMIAL NOMENCLATURE SYSTEM.

¨ LEARN THE ORDER OF THE CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM.

¨ DISCUSS HOW AND WHY ORGANISMS SHIFT LEVELS OF TAXON AS THE LEVELS GET MORE SPECIFIC.

¨ DISCUSS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TAXONOMY AND EVOLUTION.

¨ DISCUSS HOW MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY PLAY AN IMPORTANT ROLE IN TAXONOMY.

¨ DESCRIBE THE MAIN CHARACTERISTICS AND REPRESENTATIVE ORGANISMS OF THE FIVE KINGDOMS.

¨ PREPARE A SELF-CONSTRUCTED CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM OR DICHOTOMOUS KEY.

¨ WORK WITH A DICHOTOMOUS KEY TO CLASSIFY ORGANISMS IN A LABORATORY SETTING.

TEXT RESOURCES: CHAPTER EIGHTEEN