The Classification of Living Things
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King Phillip Came Over For Good Spaghetti
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Essential Question
How are living things organized?
Organization
• Taxonomy – the study of how living things are
classified
• 7 levels: Broad to more specific
• The more levels organisms have in common,
the more characteristics they share
The Levels
Kingdom
• At least 5 kingdoms, some scientist say 6
• They are classified by how they obtain (get)
food & number of cells
The Kingdoms
Phylum
• Phylum in the Plant Kingdom are sometimes
called divisions.
– Plants divided into 2 groups: vascular and
nonvascular
• Animal Kingdom – 35 phylum
– These phyla can be classified into 2 groups:
vertebrates and invertebrates
Class, Order, Family
• These levels become more specific & include
fewer organisms that have a lot in common as
you move down the levels
Genus
• Closely related organisms
• The first word in an organism’s scientific name
Species
• All organisms that can breed and produce
fertile young (their offspring can have offspring)
• Second word in an organism’s scientific name.
Scientific Name
• Genus then species
• Written in itlacs (slanted writing) with genus
capitalized
Canis lupus
Pinus taeda
Practice
Venus Fly Trap Praying Mantis Portabella
Mushroom
Honey Bee
Kingdom
Plant
Animal
Fungi
Animal
Phylum
Angiosperms
Arthropoda
Basidiomycota
Arthropoda
Class
Eudicots
Insecta
Anaricomycetes Insecta
Order
Caryophyllales Pterygota
Agaricales
Hymenoptera
Family
Droseraceae
Neoptera
Agaricaceae
Apidae
Genus
Dionaea
Acanthops
Agaricus
Apis
Species
muscipula
falcataria
bisporus
cerana