Classification of Living Things

• What is Classification?

  the arrangement of living things into groups according to their similarities
• List the 6 Kingdoms?

  Bacteria ( Monera ) Kingdom

  Fungi Kingdom

  Protist Kingdom

  Virus Kingdom

  Plant Kingdom

  Animal Kingdom
• Why should we Classify organisms?

  It helps us identify organisms

  It organises information

  It satisfies man's curiosity
• What is a fertile organism?

  an organism that is capable of producing offspring
• State the order of classification

  Kingdoms , Phyla , Classes , Orders , families , Genera , and then Species
• When two species mate the offspring produced will be infertile
• What are a species?

  a group of organisms that closely resemble each other
• Animals that change their body temperature with the temperature of their surroundings are?

  cold blooded
• Animals that maintain a constant body temperature regardless of the surroundings are?

  Warm bloded