The Living World and Taxonomy

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Course Outline

  1. Life and Biological Diversity
  2. Taxonomy and Scientific Naming
  3. Binomial Nomenclature Rules
  4. Taxonomic Categories and Species
  5. Species to Family
  6. Order to Kingdom
  7. Hierarchy and Classification Examples

1. Life and Biological Diversity

Key Concepts & Definitions

  • Biology : the science of life forms and living processes
  • Biodiversity : the number and types of organisms present on Earth

★ Must-know

  • The number of known and described species ranges between 1.7 and 1.8 million.

  • All present-day living organisms are related to one another and to organisms that ever lived on Earth.

Further detail

  • Living organisms occur in habitats including:
    • cold mountains
    • deciduous forests
    • oceans
    • fresh water lakes
    • deserts
    • hot springs

Memory Hook

A living world spanning hot springs, deserts, oceans, forests, and mountains

2. Taxonomy and Scientific Naming

Key Concepts & Definitions

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1. What does biology study?

2. What does biodiversity refer to in the context of biological sciences?

3. A biologist examines an unfamiliar organism and determines what it is so that its proper name can be established. Which process is being performed?

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What is biology the science of?

Life forms and living processes.

Biology label

Science of life forms and processes

What is biodiversity?

The number and types of organisms on Earth.

Biodiversity

Number and types of organisms on Earth

What is the process of correctly describing an organism called?

Identification

Genus capitalization

Genus name capitalized in binomial name

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