Classification of Living Things Living species are placed into groups based on their observed characteristics. They are usually NOT placed into groups based on their habitat, their behavior, or their common names.

6 Kingdoms of Living Things Archaebacteria Eubacteria Protista Fungi Plantae Animalia

Bacteria are classified by SHAPE and BIOCHEMICALS

Animal-like Protista are classified by cell structures like cilia and flagella

Protista includes several types of Algae and Seaweed classified based on chemical criteria (PS pigments)

Fungi are classified by how they make SPORES Time Lapse Life Cycle

Plants are classified by VASCULAR tissue & REPRODUCTIVE structures MOSS (and relatives) has NO vascular tissue. All other plant groups DO have vascular tissue Life Cycle L.C. Video Better L.C. Vid.

Ferns reproduce with SPORES, not seeds Life Cycle L.C. Video

Conifers have seeds in CONES

CONES are male or female Life Cycle The Birds and Bees of Ponderosa Pine Trees

ANGIOSPERMS are flowering plants Life Cycle Snappy singsong L.C. Video Double Fertilization L.C. Video

Flowering plants can be MONOCOTS or DICOTS

A COTYLEDON is a seed part

Animal Phyla Porifera (sponges) Cnidaria (jellyfish) Platyhelminthes (flatworms) Nematoda (roundworms) Annelida (segmentedworms) Mollusca (snails, clams, squid) Arthropoda (insects, crabs) Echinodermata (starfish) Chordata (vertebrates)

Phylum Porifera: the Sponges

Phylum Spongebobius: Porifera are heterotrophic cells that group together

Phylum Cnidaria: all members have stinging cells and one body opening

Sponge Bob walking his jellyfish

Phylum Cnidaria: corals and jellyfish

Phylum Platyhelminthes….the flatworms They all have one body opening and a HEAD (CEPHALIZATION)

Phylum Nematoda: the roundworms All members of this group have TWO body openings

Phylum Annelida: the segmented worms

Phylum Mollusca: All have a MANTLE which can produce “shell”

Phylum Arthropoda: All have an exoskeleton made of protein

Phylum Echinodermata: Starfish and relatives All have spiny skin and TUBE FEET

Phylum Chordata All have: Dorsal nerve cord Pharyngeal gill structures MOST have a backbone (vertebrae)

Phylum Chordata with no backbone

Phylum Chordata: Class Chondrichthyes

Phylum Chordata: Class Osteichthyes

Phylum Chordata, Class Amphibia

Phylum Chordata, Class Reptilia

Phylum Chordata, Class Aves