Why do we classify?
By: Ralena Roberts
Vocabulary Words
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kingdom
phylum
class
species
vertebrate
invertebrate
Vocabulary Words
• How do the vocabulary words kingdom, phylum, class, and
species relate to the vocabulary word classify?
• Each word names a narrower classification
• How does the prefix in- explain the difference between the
vocabulary words vertebrate and invertebrate?
• It indicates the opposite, so an invertebrate must be the opposite
of vertebrate. An invertebrate does not have a backbone.
KWL Chart
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What do you know about how living things are
classified? Why do we classify?
List at least two questions you want to know about
how living things are classified. Or Why we
classify?
The LEARNED column is for after the lesson.
Why do we classify?
• What skills did members of Lewis and Clark’s team use to describe
organisms?
• Observation and comparison
• What characteristics should be observed to classify organisms?
• Plant or animal, size, shape, color, food needs, or environment.
• What could biologists conclude if an organism they found had
characteristics unlike any organisms used for comparison?
• The organism belonged in a new group.
The six Kingdoms
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Archaebateria
Eubacteria
Protists
Fungi
Plants
Animals
• How can I remember the order
they go in?
• King Philip Came Over From
Great Spain.
The Seven
Levels
1. Kingdom
2. Phylum
3. Class
4. Order
5. Family
6. Genus
7. Species
• What kind of characteristics are used to distinguish the animals
shown in the classification chart on page 9?
• Internal and external structures, what they eat, and how they
feed their young.
• What is the most general classification?
• Kingdom
• What is the most specific and includes the least number of
organisms?
• Species
Traits/Characteristics
Animal 1
Animal 2
How it moves
Animal classification Chart
Type of body covering
Number of legs/Description
Number of Eyes
Number of Ears
Where It Might Live
Animal 3