Classifying living things

PLANTS ANIMALSGreen and Don’t Move Not Green and Move

About

SIZESmall Medium Large

HERBS SHRUBS TREES

WHERE THEY LIVEWATER LAND AIR

c. Aristotle’s system lasted over 2000 years

Linnaeus wrote a huge encyclopedia of life

“Systema Naturae” (system of nature),

containing all living things at that time.

Linnaeus wrote a huge encyclopedia of life

“Systema Naturae” (system of nature),

containing all living things at that time.

LARGEST GROUP

Most General

LARGEST GROUP

Most General

SMALLEST GROUP

Most Specific

SMALLEST GROUP

Most Specific

LEVEL GROUPSL1 Kingdom PAPER

LEVEL GROUPSL1 Kingdom PAPER

L2 Phylum CARDS BOXES

LEVEL GROUPSL1 Kingdom PAPER

L2 Phylum CARDS BOXES

L3 Class PLAYING BIRTHDAY

LEVEL GROUPSL1 Kingdom PAPER

L2 Phylum CARDS BOXES

L3 Class PLAYING BIRTHDAY

L4 Order RED BLACK

LEVEL GROUPSL1 Kingdom PAPER

L2 Phylum CARDS BOXES

L3 Class PLAYING BIRTHDAY

L4 Order RED BLACK

L5 Family

LEVEL GROUPSL1 Kingdom PAPER

L2 Phylum CARDS BOXES

L3 Class PLAYING BIRTHDAY

L4 Order RED BLACK

L5 Family

L6 Genus LETTERS NUMBERS

LEVEL GROUPSL1 Kingdom PAPER

L2 Phylum CARDS BOXES

L3 Class PLAYING BIRTHDAY

L4 Order RED BLACK

L5 Family

L6 Genus LETTERS NUMBERS

L7 Species A K Q J 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

a. Sub or Super added to Levels to form more groups:• Superclass• Class• Subclass

b. Group names come from trait used to form group:• Phylum Arthropoda

“jointed legged animals”

• Phylum Echinodermata“spiny skin animals”

c. Each group comes from the group before it

d. The more groups organisms are placed in together the:• More traits they have in common• More closely the organisms

are related

KINGDOM Animal Animal Animal Animal

PHYLUM Chordata Chordata Chordata Chordata

CLASS Mammilia

Mammilia

Mammilia

Mammilia

ORDER Carnivora

Carnivora

Carnivora

Carnivora

FAMILY Felidae Felidae Felidae Canidae

GENUS Felis Felis Panthera Canis

SPECIES domesticus

leo pardus lupus

Which two organisms are

most closely related?

KINGDOM Animal Animal Animal Plant

PHYLUM Chordata Chordata Arthropoda

Tracheophyta

CLASS Mammilia

Reptilia Insecta Angiospermae

ORDER Primates Chelonia Diptera Fagales

FAMILY Hominidae

Emydidae

Culicdae Fagaceae

GENUS Homo Terrapene

Theobaldia

Quercus

SPECIES sapiens carolina anulata alba

RoadrunnerSpeedea blazi

CyoteHungrais maximus

FIRST SECOND

Genus speciesCapatilized Lower case

Italicized or Underlined

Kingdom

Cell Type Cells

Acquire Food

MONERA Prokaryote

Unicellular AutotrophsHetrotrophs

PROTISTA Eukaryote Unicellular* Multicellular

AutotrophsHetrotrophs

FUNGI Eukaryote *UnicellularMulticellular

Hetrotrophs

PLANTAE Eukaryote Multicellular Autotrophs

ANIMILIA Eukaryote Multicellular Hetrotrophs

KingdomCell Type Cells

Acquire Food

ARCHAEOBACTERIA Ancient Bacteria

Prokaryote

Unicellular AutotrophsHetrotrophs

EUBACTERIATrue Bacteria

Prokaryote

Unicellular AutotrophsHetrotrophs

PROTISTA Eukaryote

Unicellular* Multicellular

AutotrophsHetrotrophs

FUNGI Eukaryote

*UnicellularMulticellular

Hetrotrophs

PLANTAE Eukaryote

Multicellular Autotrophs

ANIMILIA Eukaryote

Multicellular Hetrotrophs

DomainCell Type Cells

Acquire Food

BACTERIAEUBACTERIA

Prokaryote

Unicellular AutotrophsHetrotrophs

ARCHAEAARCHAEOBACTERIA

Prokaryote

Unicellular AutotrophsHetrotrophs

EUKARYAPROTISTSFUNGIPLANTSANIMALS

Eukaryote UnicellularMulticellular

HetrotrophsAutotrophs