6.1 Classifying organisms

• Biologie
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

Learning objectives

You can name the four kingdoms in which organisms are classified.

You can explain how the four kingdoms are further divided into groups. 

You can explain how organisms get their names.

You can name the parts of cells of the four kingdoms.

Kingdom

Animal kingdom

Plant kingdom

Fungus kingdom

Bacteria kingdom

Species

Scientific name

Genus name

Species name

What lives around you?

Kingdom = a group in which organisms can be classified

This system of classification was devised in the eighteenth century by the Swedish botanist Linnaeus.

What is a species?

Biologists agreed that organisms with more or less similar appearance belong to the same species if they can produce fertile offspring together.

Scientific names

Why?

First part: Genus

Second part: Species

The cells

Homework

Make the assignments of paragraph 6.1