Kingdoms and classification

• Bedrijfseconomie
• WO
• Studiejaar 6

Kingdoms and classification

Start exercise:

Write in your notebook/jotter:

- Which kingdoms are single-celled

- What kingdom are we a part of?

- What kingdom is an oak tree a part of

Interesting structures

• Homologous: divergent evolution
  similar origin, different function
• Analogous: convergent evolution
  different origin, similar function

Vestigial organs

No apparent function, residual parts of an ancestor

Evolution

Evidence for evolution, phylogenetic trees & morphological structures

Charles Darwin

A nineteenth-century English scientist

Developer of the theory of evolution

Evolution

The development of life on Earth, with species appearing and changing and/ or disappearing

Linnaeus

Binomial nomenclature

Linnaeus exercise

Find information on 6 of your favourite species:

- at least 1 fungus

- at least 1 bacterium

What we're going to do

-Choose your 6 species

- Give its full name from kingdom all the way to species

- One fun bit of knowledge about your species (for each one)

Homework

- Finish your 6 favourite species exercise

- Activity: A modern classification

Read the Activity and answer the questions in the box on page 21 (so all sentences that end with question marks)