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Our classification system was based on first separating the organisms based on where the organism is able to dwell. We determined that there is nesting clumpy diversity within our system. We used empirical observations to classify, and based much of our system on appearance and our knowledge of similar earth creatures.

 

 When looking at Tree of Life website we determined that it uses a classification system based on phylogeny. This means that it's based on how things have evolved and are grouped by those similarities.

a.       Simple

                                                               i.      Single cell organisms

1.       Amoeba

2.       Euglena oxyuris

3.       Volvox

b.      Complex

                                                               i.      Fins

1.       Brown trout

2.       Channel catfish

3.       Killer whale

                                                             ii.      Legs and tentacles

1.       Jellyfish

2.       Lobster

3.       Octopus

4.       Starfish

                                                            iii.      Neither

1.       Free moving

a.       Eel

b.      Leech

2.       Stationary

a.       Coral

b.      Sea urchin

c.       Seaweed

d.      Sponge

II.                  Land Dwelling

a.       Simple

                               i.      Single cell

1.       Bacteria

2.       Streptococcus

b.      Complex

                               i.      No legs

1.       Photosynthesizing

a.       Over 1 meter

                                                                   i.      Blue oak

                                                                   ii.      Redwood

b.      Under 1 meter

                                                                     i.      Barley grass

                                                                     ii.      Fern

                                                                     iii.      Mushroom

                                                                     iv.      Rock rose

                              ii.      Bi-pedal

1.       Egg-laying

a.       Ostrich

b.      Penguin

2.       Non egg-laying

a.       Hair

                                                             i.      Humans

      i.      Gorilla

                                                             ii.      Kangaroo

                                                             iii.      Squirrel monkey

3.       Poly-pedal

a.       4 legs

                                                              i.      Warm blooded

1.       Lion

2.       Wild-dog

                                                              ii.      Cold-blooded

1.       Frog

2.       Salamander

3.       Turtle

b.      8 legs

                                                                i.      Spider

III.                Air

a.       Beaks

                           i.      American robin

                           ii.      Eagle

                           iii.      Owl

b.      No beaks

                            i.      Butterfly

                            ii.      Cockroach

                            iii.      Fly

                            iv.      Ischnodemus sabulet

 

Maria, Debbi, Anna, Terrible2s