6th Grade Science

The study of classifying organisms

Why do we use taxonomy?Keep order of living

thingsCommunicate in the

same language with other scientists around the world

Carl Linnaeus, a Swedish botanist, established taxonomy in the 18th century.

•Body Systems•Shape•Size•Color•How it gets food

The number of animals in each group gets smaller as you move down.

General

Specific

•Make up a sentence to remember the levels of classification.•Use the same first letters as the first letters in each level.

Kingdom King

Phylum Phillip

Class Cuts

Order Onions

Family For

Genus Good

Species Students

My sentence: King Phillip cuts onions for good students.

• Each species has a scientific name

• The two most specific levels are used.

• Genus species• Panthera tigris = tiger

Vertebrate: With a backbone

Invertebrate: Without a backbone

Endoskeleton: Skeleton on the inside of body

Exoskeleton: Skeleton on the outside of body

Endothermic: Warm-blooded

Exothermic: Cold-blooded