Living Things All Living Things are Made of

Living Things

All Living Things are Made of Cells

All Living Things Adapt to Their Environment

All Living Things Need Food

All Living Things Reproduce

All Living Things Die

Five Kingdoms of Living Things

Monera

Protista

Fungi

Plants

Plants can be divided into two phylums or subkingdoms

Vascular

Nonvascular Plants

Animals

Animals can be Divided into two phylum

Invertebrates

Vertebrates

Vertebrates can be divided into five different classes

Mammals can be divided into many different “orders”

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Order

Once you determine that something is “Living” … You next decide which kingdom, and then the phylum, etc. Let’s classify humans. Let’s classify YOU!

Kingdom?

Kingdom - Animalia

Kingdom - Animalia Phylum?

Kingdom - Animalia Phylum – Chordata (vertebrate)

Kingdom - Animalia Phylum – Chordata (vertebrate) Class?

Kingdom - Animalia Phylum – Chordata (vertebrate) Class - Mammalia

Kingdom - Animalia Phylum – Chordata (vertebrate) Class – Mammalia Order?

Kingdom - Animalia Phylum – Chordata (vertebrate) Class – Mammalia Order – Primate Family?

Kingdom - Animalia Phylum – Chordata (vertebrate) Class – Mammalia Order – Primate Family – Hominidae Genus?

Kingdom - Animalia Phylum – Chordata (vertebrate) Class – Mammalia Order – Primate Family – Hominidae Genus - Homo

Kingdom - Animalia Phylum – Chordata (vertebrate) Class – Mammalia Order – Primate Family – Hominidae Genus – Homo Species?

Kingdom - Animalia Phylum – Chordata (vertebrate) Class – Mammalia Order – Primate Family – Hominidae Genus – Homo Species - Sapiens