Chapter 1A
Classifying
Living Things
Lesson 1
Classification
Grouping Living Things
Classification
The act of grouping
things using a set of rules
**Examples: grocery store,
library, animals
Grouping by Similarities & Differences
Kingdom
the largest group into which living
things can be classified
**Examples: Animals,
Plants, Fungi, Protists,
Monerans
The Five
Kingdoms
Animals
Many-celled, feed on other living things
Plants
Many-celled, make their own food
Fungi
have nuclei (control center), mostly
many-celled, absorb food from other
living things
mushroom
mold
Protists
one celled, has a nucleus
Algae
Moneran (mo – no)
One cell, no nucleus
bacteria
Moneran
To the tune of Bingo
There was a kingdom called moneran
and it has no nucleus
Moneran has no nucleus
Moneran has no nucleus
Moneran has no nucleus
Moneran has no nucleus
Genus
the second smallest
group of classification
**example: Ursus
Species
the smallest group of classification;
refers to its scientific name
remember:
S in species – S in smallest
**example: Ursus arctos
Species
To the tune of It's a Small World After All
It's the smallest group of all
It's the smallest group of all
It's the smallest group of all
It's the SPECIES
King
Phillip
Came
Over
For
Good
Spaghetti