Classifying Organisms. Organisms are classified into groups. Organisms are classified into groups...

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Classifying Organisms

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Page 1: Classifying Organisms. Organisms are classified into groups. Organisms are classified into groups based on four characteristics: Organisms are classified.

Classifying Organisms

Page 2: Classifying Organisms. Organisms are classified into groups. Organisms are classified into groups based on four characteristics: Organisms are classified.

Organisms are classified into groups.

Organisms are classified into groups based on four characteristics: number of cells nucleus or no nucleus food making or obtaining movement from one place to another

Page 3: Classifying Organisms. Organisms are classified into groups. Organisms are classified into groups based on four characteristics: Organisms are classified.

Kingdoms are six groups that the organisms are

divided into. Organisms in each kingdom have the same traits.

Organisms can be further classified into 7 smaller groups. kingdom phylum class order family genus Species

An helpful way to remember the groups:King Phillip Came Over For Good Spaghetti.

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Organisms are classified based on the

names. The first part of an organism’s name is the genus.

A genus is made up of two or more similar species.

The second part of the name is the species.

A species is the smallest classification group.

Members of a species are the most similar.

The genus name for a lion, is Panthera which can be used to name a large number of cats. These cats are jaguar, tiger, and lion.

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Scientists try to classify many rain forest organisms.

They are interested in the survival of these species because they may be useful to the world. Many of the rainforests are being destroyed for farming and timber.

It is important to classify and describe organisms to find new types of medicines, understand the organisms that share the world, and understand how life is organized.