Classification of Living things

• Biological classification-

  is a s

  ystem scientists use to sort

  all living things into groups

  based on their similarities.
• Carl Linnaeus- He developed a system of classifying livings things which became the basis of classificatio

  n-and naming systems today (seven labels)

  
• Carl Linnaeus -binomial (two part naming system)
• Lion scientific name:

  Species:leo

  Genus: panthera
• Plantae: Most organisms in the plant kingdom can make their

  own foodusing sunlight.

  Some of its members

  include conifers, mosses,

  ferns and flowering plants.
• Animalia: Most organisms in this

  kingdom can move around

  and eat other organisms for energy.

  They have specialised tissues and muscles used to perform complex functions.
• Monera: This kingdom includes

  single-celled organisms with no defined nucleus.Many of these organisms are found in extreme

  environments.
• Fungi:Organisms under this

  kingdom get their food by

  breaking down matter

  around them.

  Their cell walls are made of chitin, unlike the cellulose in a plant cell wal
• Protista: are neither plants, animals nor fungi they have few things in common (diatoms,plasmodium)
• Vertebrates- bones are inside of the body,backbones or spines,lungs and gills
• Invertebrates- segmented bodies,hard outer coverings,jointed legs