BIODIVERSITY

UNIT IV: MODULE 1

ARNEL A. JULATON
SST-I
BIOLOGY
It is the study of living organisms,
divided into many specialized fields
that cover their morphology,
physiology, anatomy, behavior, origin,
and distribution.
 MODULE 1: BIODIVERSITY

TAXONOMY
It is the science of naming, describing and classifying
organisms and includes all plants, animals and
microorganisms of the world.
 WHAT IS BIODIVERSITY?
Biodiversity, a contraction of "biological diversity,"
generally refers to the variety and variability of life on
Earth. One of the most widely used definitions defines it in
terms of the variability within species, between species
and between ecosystems.
Biodiversity is the variability among living organisms
from all sources, including terrestrial, marine, and other
aquatic ecosystems and the ecological complexes of
which they are part; this includes diversity within species,
between species, and of ecosystems.
 LEVELS OF BIODIVERSITY?
1. SPECIES DIVERSITY – refers to the different
kinds of organisms
2. GENETIC DIVERSITY – refers to the genetic
information that organisms contain
3. ECOSYSTEM DIVERSITY – refers to the
different kinds of places where organisms live
and the interconnections that bind these
organism together.
 NAMING AND CLASSIFYING ORGANISMS
For organisms to be studied and information about them
shared to those who need it, scientists grouped them into
meaningful classifications.
The different groups are ranked from the largest to the
smallest groups. Large groups include many organisms
with few similarities. Small groups include few
organisms having more similarities.
Organisms which have more similarities would then, be
closely related than those which have less similarities.
NAMING AND CLASSIFYING ORGANISMS
These classifications or categories consist of the:
Domain
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species.
NAMING AND CLASSIFYING ORGANISMS
The domain is the largest category into which
organisms have been classified. This is followed by
the kingdom category subdivided into various
phyla (sing. phylum). A phylum consists of different
classes, each class with several orders, an order
with different families. Families consist of several
genera (sing. genus) and each genus comprise the
smallest group of various species.
NAMING AND CLASSIFYING ORGANISMS

A species is a group of similar organisms

and capable of reproducing their own kind. This
means only members of the same species can
mate and produce fertile offspring. The dog,
waling-waling (an orchid), milkfish (local name,
bangus), rice plant and humans like you are
examples of a species.
NAMING AND CLASSIFYING ORGANISMS

With the information available about organisms

from the early studies to the present, scientists came
up with the three-domain system of classification.
Recently, prokaryotes have been divided into two
domains, namely: Archaea and Bacteria. The
eukaryote group was retained and now consists the
third domain (Eukarya) that includes protists, fungi,
plants and animals.
 Get ¼ sheet of
paper.
Number your
papers 1 to 15.
Test I: Identify the term described or asked in
each sentence.

1. It is the study of living organisms,

divided into many specialized fields that
cover their morphology, physiology,
anatomy, behavior, origin, and
distribution.
Test I: Identify the term described or asked in
each sentence.

2. It is the science of naming, describing

and classifying organisms and includes
all plants, animals and microorganisms
of the world.
Test I: Identify the term described or asked in
each sentence.

3. It refers to the variety of

organisms living on earth.
Test I: Identify the term described or asked in
each sentence.

4-5. The word “biodiversity” is

coined from the words ______
and ______.
Test I: Identify the term described or asked in
each sentence.

6. A level of biodiversity that

refers to the genetic
information that organisms
contain.
Test I: Identify the term described or asked in
each sentence.

7. A level of biodiversity that refers

to the different kinds of places
where organisms live and the
interconnections that bind
these organism together.
Test I: Identify the term described or asked in
each sentence.

8. A level of biodiversity that

refers to the different kinds
of organisms.
Test I: Identify the term described or asked in
each sentence.

9. It is the highest level of

classification.
Test I: Identify the term described or asked in
each sentence.

10-12. Living organisms

are divided into three
domains.What are those?
Test I: Identify the term described or asked in
each sentence.

13-14. A scientific name

consists of two names: (1) the
_______ name, and (2) the
_______ name.
Test I: Identify the term described or asked in
each sentence.

15. What is the scientific

name of a human being?
 Stop writing and
exchange papers to
your seatmate.