Taxonomic Categories
Chapter Name : The Living World |
Sub Topic Code : 103_11_01_03_05 |
Topic Name : Taxonomic Categories |
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Sub Topic Name : Class |
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Introduction
Class – it is a taxa or a rank in the taxonomical classification that groups Orders that exhibit similar characters together.
Pre-Requisites:
What is taxonomic classification?
Activity:
Observer a monkey and a dog and think of reasons why they should/should not be grouped together.
Real Life Question:
Do all the organisms belong to some Class? Do we have a class we are grouped in?
Key Words / FlashCards
| Key Words | Definitions (pref. in our own words) |
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| Order Family Taxonomic Classification Genera (sing.- genus) Taxon (plu. - taxa) | Order – it is a taxa or a rank in the taxonomical classification that groups families that exhibit similar characters together A taxon in the taxonomic classification that groups similar genera together. Classification of organisms in a hierarchy based on similarities/dissimilarities. A taxon in taxonomic classification, just below family. A rank in the hierarchy of taxonomic classification. |
Learning aids / Gadgets
| Gadgets | How it can be used |
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| Museums, Zoos, Botanical Gardens, Key & Herbarium | Helps in identification of relation between organisms |
Places to visit :
Zoos, Museums.
Practical examples around us
| Examples | Explainations |
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| Monkeys and Dogs, though very different than each other, are grouped into one class, Mammalia. In fact humans belong to this class too! |
What you learn in Theory:
What is a class and how can organisms be classified to belong to a class?
What you learn in Practice:
Different looking organisms also share some evolutionary similarities (that are considered while classifying them into different categories).