Ch.

1
Lesson 1
Why Do
We
Classify?
 Activity- pg. 4
How Can You Classify Seeds
Seed Name Description
color, shape, texture

Seed A
Seed B
Seed C
Seed D
Seed E
Seed F
• 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 catus
 Classification System
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Kids Playing Chicken On Freeways Get Smooshed
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eubacteria kingdoms protist
of
living
things
archaebacteria fungi

archae- plants
eubacteria protists fungi
bacteria
animals

•Single cells
•Single cells •Most
•materials
•Many do single •1 •Many cells •Many cells
not found
not need cells or •Make own •Eat other
in
oxygen •Some many cells food organisms
archae-
or sun many cells
bacteria
 List the levels in
Kingdom the Classification
Phylum System
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Kids Playing Chicken On Freeways Get Smooshed
•Which kingdom of
living things have
many cells and do not
make their own food?

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

plant kingdom
•Which kingdom of
living things are single
celled and do not
need oxygen or sun?
archaebacteria
kingdom
fungi kingdom
animal kingdom
protist kingdom
Which is the
eubacteria?