Christian P.

Salazar

December 5, 2009

FM: 09103

Mrs. M. Sangel

1. Why is a systematic classification of organism important?

Because systematics is also of major importance in understanding conservation issues because it attempts to explain the
Earth's biodiversity and could be used to assist in allocating limited means to preserve and protect endangered species,
by looking at, for example, the genetic diversity among various taxa of plants or animals and deciding how much of that
to preserve. Systematics is fundamental to biology because it is the foundation for all studies of organisms, by showing
how any organism relates to other living things (ancestor-descendant relationships). These are called systems of taxonomy
and they lie under the general heading of systematics.

2. Why should organisms be assigned a scientific name?

Because the common names for things are often non-specific, or there may be more than one name for a particular
animal. Scientific names provide clarity. Also, the scientific name helps you to know the classification of an organism by
including the genus name (the first part of the scientific name).

the genus names is always capitalized

both names are either italicized or underlined

leave a space in the underline between names

3. What are the bases of classifying organisms?

organisms into groups based on their similarities. A formal classification of organisms into major groups
was devised by the Swedish naturalist Carolus Linnaeus (1707-1798) during the late 1700s. The Linnaeus system of
classification is a hierarchical scheme, as one proceeds up the classification ladder the categories become more inclusive.
Obviosuly Linnaeus used similarities of shared characters to relate organisms into groups, however, he believed in the
immutability of species and thought his classification reflected God's plan, from simple primitive organisms to complex
organisms with man at the apex.

4. Who is the father of Modern Classification?

The modern classification system originated with the work of Carolus Linnaeus

He did not use characteristics that seemed to vary from one individual to another, such as size or color. Our classification
of living things is always changing as more information becomes available, but Linnaeus' system formed the framework
that is still in use today. For this reason, Carolus Linnaeus is known as the father of our modern system of classification.

Carolus Linnaeus was the first person to name many plants, the L. for Linnaeus is very common in plant scientific names

5. What is binomial nomenclature?

Binomial nomenclature is the system used to identify all organisms on Earth, from elephants to algae. A binomial or
scientific name identifies an organism by its genus and species, ensuring that everyone understands which organism is
under discussion.

In biology, binomial nomenclature is the formal system of naming species. The system is called binominal nomenclature
(particularly in zoological circles), binary nomenclature (particularly in botanical circles), or the binomial classification
system. The essence of it is that each species name is in (modern scientific) Latin and has two parts, so that it is popularly
known as the "Latin name" of the species, although this terminology is avoided by biologists and philologists, who prefer
the phrase scientific name.

when a species is talked about only the genus and species names are used

this is called the scientific name

unique to each type of organism

Required by the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature

6. Why is Latin used in giving scientific named?

Because it would be way too confusing if they all had different names in different languages (german, english, russian,
spanish, etc...) so the scientific community agreed on latin as a sort of universal language.

First for a very long time, Latin was the language of the educated due in large fact to the influence of the Roman Catholic
Church. It would be natural then that many early scientific classifications were in Latin. Naming was done long time ago
when most of the great scientist were latin so they did it

7. What is meant by hierarchical system of classification?

Organisms are grouped according to this system the animals belonging to the higher level, need not necessarily be similar
to its other members, but the members of the lower levels are very similar and can reproduce. Taxonomy is a hierarchical
system for classifying and identifying organisms. This system was developed by Swedish scientist Carolus Linnaeus in
the 18th century.

8. What is the latest in kingdom category of living things?

5 Kingdoms of Living Things

Kingdom Monera
Living things included in the kingdom Monera are minute and single-celled prokaryotes (organisms that lack membranebound nuclei).

Kingdom Protista
Protista includes single-celled eukaryotic organisms, which contain membrane-bound cell organelles.

Kingdom Fungi
Fungi are group of multicellular, eukaryotic, non-motile organisms that form hyphae and mycelium.

Kingdom Plantae
Kingdom Plantae encompasses multicellular, eukaryotic, non-motile living things.

Kingdom Animalia
Animalia are group of multicellular, eukaryotic and motile living things.

9. You have gone through the study of diversity of organisms of what importance is this to you?

It helps to determine the variation of life forms within a given ecosystem, biome, or for the entire Earth, used to replace
the more clearly defined and long established terms, species diversity and species richness and also often used as a
measure or guide in the health of biological systems.

10. How does lost in biodiversity through the extinction of many species lead to a lost future?

By being in the condition of extinction, it is the end of an organism or group of taxa. The moment of extinction is
generally considered to be the death of the last individual of that species (although the capacity to breed and recover may
have been lost before this point). Because a species' potential range may be very large, determining this moment is
difficult, and is usually done retrospectively.