Grouping

living things
Vocabulary

•Similar
•The same. Identical. Alike.

•Share
•Portion. Part. Ration. Measure.
•Information
•Data. Knowledge. Advice. News.
 Grouping living
things
• Classifying living organisms makes
finding and sharing information
easier.
• When scientists discover an organism
that’s new to them, they can learn
some things about it by learning
about similar organisms that have
already been classified and studied.
• Scientists classify living organisms
into major, large groups called
kingdoms. All members of each
kingdom have certain characteristics.
 Grouping living things

• Scientists classify animals together because animals are made

of many cells and they feed on other living or once-living
things.
• Plants also have many cells but they make their food.
• Most fungi also are many-celled organisms.
• However, they don’t make or eat food.
• They absorb it, usually from the remains of other organisms.
 Grouping living things

• Bacteria are all one-celled.

• Their cells have no nucleus.
• Most feed the way fungi do but
some make their own food.
Some scientists group all bacteria
in one kingdom.
• Others separate them into two
kingdoms.
 The five Kingdoms

• One classification system

divides all organisms
into five Kingdoms:
Animals, Plants, Fungi,
Protists and Bacteria.
Organisms are classified
into smaller groups:

• As the groups gets smaller,

each groups includes
organisms that are more
alike and more closely
related.
 Scientific name
• Every living thing has its own
scientific name.
• These names include the names of
the smallest and last two groups
which are the genus and the species.
• The scientific name of a cat is Felis
domesticus.
• Felis is the genus and domesticus is
the specie.
• Just like your name and surname.
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