Classification

• To classify is to group things according to their shared

characteristics.
• Living things are put into groups so that they can be
easily studied
• The largest group in the classification system is the
kingdom.
• Each kingdom has a large number of organisms which
have a few major common features.
• The 5 kingdoms are Plants, animals, fungi, bacteria and
protoctista
The animal kingdom
• They cannot make their own food thus they
eat plants and other animals
• Their bodies do not contain cellulose and
chlorophyll the green colour.
• They move about from one place to the other.
• They are divided into 2 major groups the
vertebrates and the invertebrates
• Vertebrates have bones and a back bone while
invertebrates have no bones nor back bone.
• Vertebrates have an inside skeleton which is
missing in invertebrates.
 The invertebrates
• Divided into jellyfish, flatworms, annelid
worm, nematode worms, arthropod, molluscs
and echinoderms.
 Nematodes
• Have thin cylindrical bodies not divided into
segments
 Annelids
• These are the true worms
• Have long segmented cylindrical bodies
• Soft bodies
 Arthropods
• Arthropods have jointed legs
• They have an exoskeleton (skeleton outside
their bodies)
• Divided into four groups the myriapods,
crustaceans, arachnids and the insects
 Myriapods
• Have one pair of antennae
• Have long cylindrical flat bodies
• Have many legs
• Eg centipedes and millipedes
 Crustaceans
• Have 2 pairs of antennae
• Eg lobster, crabs, crayfish etc
 Arachnids
• Also known as the spiders
• Do not have antennae or wings
• Have 4 pairs of legs
• Eg ticks, spiders, mites and scorpions
 Insects
• Have 1 pair of antennae, 3 pairs of legs and up
to 2 pairs of wings
• Body divided into 3 parts head, thorax and
abdomen
 Molluscs
• They have soft bodies
• Most have a shell to protect their bodies
• Eg snails and slugs