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• Scientist places all living things into one of the six Kingdoms

• They are in the Kingdom based on the characteristics of the organism

• The Kingdoms are: Archaebacteria, Eubacteria, Protista, Plant, Fungi, and Animals

• Each organism in a KINGDOM is then placed in subgroups within the KINGDOM based on characteristics. The subgroups are phylum, class, order,

• family, genus, species

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• The smaller the subgroup, the more characteristics the organisms have in common in that group

• The bigger the subgroup, the fewer characteristics the organisms have in common.

• Phylum is the largest subgroup • Species is the smallest subgroup

• Members of subgroups may have different physical characteristics and still be in the same subgroupExample: Bulldogs and poodles look very different but they are still the same species.Wolves look like some dogs but they are NOT the same species however, they are the same genus.

KINGDOM

PHYLUM – What is in kingdom that is not in phylum?

CLASS – What is in Phylum that is not in class?Bird – It does not

nurse its young.

ORDER – What was eliminated at this level?Human and

whale, neither have meat tearing teeth.

FAMILY – Which organism is not in family but was in order?

SPECICES – The lynx has different physical characteristics and is not domesticated so that leaves the cat.

Bear, it can’t roar

GENUS – What animal has been eliminated at this level?Lion, it doesn’t purr.

The Kingdoms:Archaebacteria Eubacteria

Salt, heat, & acid lovers – Methane producers

– Largest of the bacteria kingdoms Contains Producer & consumer bacteria

Three Shapes: Rod, Spheres, or Spiral

Protista

Plant

Fungi

Animals

•Euglena are a species if single-celled organisms that live in pond water

•Euglena are green and like most plants, can make their own food through photosynthesis.

• What do you think this is?

•Euglena can move about from place to place by whipping their “tails” called flagella.

•Sometimes Euglena use food obtained from other organisms.Plants don’t move and usually do not eat other organisms. Does this mean Euglena are animals?

Since neither plant nor animal fits this organism, scientists added another kingdom for classifying organisms – Protista!

It is not a plant

NEXT Classifying using a

Dichotomous Key!