Grouping living things
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•There are more than 10 milliondifferent kind of living things.
•Scientists classify organisms. To do this, they find similar ways in which organisms look, live, eat, move, grow, changeand reproduce.
GROUPING LIVING THINGS
KINGDOMSThe biggest group
MONERA•Are single-celled organisms
that don’t have a nucleus.
•Bacteria make up the entire kingdom.
•Some bacteria are beneficial to us, such as the ones found in yogurt.
•Others can cause us to get sick.
PROTISTS•Are mostly single-celled
organisms that have a nucleus (eukaryote).
• They usually live in water.
•Some protists move around, while others stay in one place.
•Examples of protists include some algae, paramecium, and amoeba.
FUNGI•Are multi-celled organisms.
•Are usually motionless organisms that absorb nutrients for survival.
•They include mushrooms, molds, and yeasts.
PLANTS•Are multi-celled organisms.
•Contain chlorophyll for photosynthesis, a process in which plants convert energy from sunlight into food.
•They make their own food.
•They are fixed in one place.
ANIMALS•Are the most complex organisms on
Earth.
• Animals are multi-celled organisms.
•Eat food for survival, and have nervous systems.
INVERTEBRATES
VERTEBRATES
SMALLER GROUPSScientists classify living things into
smaller and smaller groups.The organisms in each group havemore and more things in common.
•Kingdoms are dividedinto groups calledPHYLUM
•Phyla are divided intoCLASSES
•Classes are dividedinto ORDERS
•Orders are dividedinto FAMILIES
•A GENUS is a división of a family.
•A GENUS has one or more species.
•Each different kind of living thing is a species.
•The scientific name of a single type of living thingincludes the genus and species
LIVING THINGS
KINGDOM: ANIMALIA
PHYLUM: CHORDATA
CLASS: MAMMALIA
ORDER: CARNIVORA
FAMILY: FELIDAE
GENUS: PANTHERA
SPECIES: LEO