Lesson 1Why Do

We Classify?

Activity- pg. 4How Can You Classify Seeds

Seed Name Description

Seed ASeed BSeed CSeed DSeed ESeed F

color, shape, texture

• Classifying all the living things is like when you get dressed in the morning - it's much quicker if all the things you wear are already sorted into groups. Your socks, undies, shirts, jeans and shoes are grouped together so you can find them easily, rather than all being in one big box.

• Imagine how long it would take you to get dressed in the morning if all your clothes were in one big pile?

classify• put things in

groups

• use observation & comparison

• place similar organisms in 1 group

classification system

• makes it easier to communicate clearly by having 1 name for each organism

classification system• helps organize info. about organisms

• still changing

housecat

gato

chat

gatto

die Katze

Felis catusFelis catus

Classification SystemKingdom

Phylum

Class

Order

Family

Genus

Species

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protist

6 6 kingdomskingdoms

of of living living thingsthings

archae-bacteria

eubacteria protists fungi

•Single cells•Many do not needoxygen or sun

•Single cells•materials not found

in archae-bacteria

•Most single cells

•Some many cells

•1 or

many cells

•Many cells•Make own

food

•Many cells•Eat other organisms

fungi

eubacteria

plants

animalsanimals

archaebacteria

List the levels in the Classification

SystemKingdom

Phylum

Class

Order

Family

Genus

Species

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animal kingdom

•Which kingdom of living things have many cells and do not make their own food?

plant kingdom

•Which kingdom of living things have many cells and make their own food?

archaebacteria kingdom

•Which kingdom of living things are single celled and do not need oxygen or sun?

fungi kingdom

animal kingdom

protist kingdom

Which is the eubacteria?