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Classification is the process of
grouping similar things
together.
What Do You Already Know?
 How do you use classification at home?
 Organizing the kitchen
 Organizing your closet
 Organizing your desk
 Organizing books in the library
Classification
 Socks & Candy are not mixed!!
Classification
 Hammers & Ice-cream are not mixed!
Classification is important
 Scientists are able to:
 Organize living things
 Explore relationships
 Classification is useful to scientist because
it shows how things are alike and how they
are different.
Levels of Classification
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
(King Phillip Came Over For Great Spaghetti)
Kingdoms
 Kingdom
 Largest level of classification
 Used to divide groups of living things so they are easier
to identify.
5 Kingdoms
 Animal
 Plant
 Protist
 Fungus
 Bacteria
 A Pretty Princess Fell Backward
How Are Things Classifed
 Plants are classified based upon whether or not
they have vascular tissue, seeds, and flowers.
 Vascular Plants have transport tubes that carry
food and water throughout the plant.
 Non-Vascular Plants absorb water directly into
their cells.
Plant Kingdom
 Vascular-Have tubes that carry food & water through
the plant.
 Celery
 Nonvascular-Do not have vascular tubes.
 Moss
Vascular Plants ~ Examples
 Maple Tree
Day Lily
Nonvascular Plants ~ Examples
 Moss
Vascular Plants
 Vascular
 Stem, leaves
& root system
Nonvascular Plant
 No vascular
system
You try!!
 Vascular or Nonvascular?? Why?
You try!!
 Vascular or Nonvascular? Why??
Animal Kingdom
 Vertebrate—Animal with backbone.
 Invertebrate—Animal without a backbone.
Vertebrates ~ Examples
Invertebrates ~ Examples
Vertebrate

backbone
Invertebrate
 No backbone
You try!!
 Vertebrate or Invertebrate? Why??
You try!!
 Vertebrate or Invertebrate? Why??
Summary
 Levels of Classification
 5 Kingdoms
 Animal
 Plant
 Protist
 Fungus
 Bacteria
 Plant ~ Vascular & Nonvascular
 Animal ~ Vertebrate & Invertebrate
Review Questions
 What is classification? Why is it important to
scientist?
 What is a kingdom? How do the kingdoms of
living organisms differ?
 Draw a chart to explain how organisms are
classified.
 What characteristics are used to divide plants into
major groups?