1. Classification – Ch 6.2
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2. Levels of Classification

4. Classification of humans

8. Animal: one of the five kingdoms of living things; multicellular organisms with a membrane as the outer layer and a distinct nucleus
Cells: the building blocks of all living things
Class: the division under phylum in the classification of living things
Decomposers: bacteria and fungi responsible for the natural breakdowns of wastes
Division: the level below kingdom in the classification of plants
Family: the division in the classification system below order and above genus
Gellum (plural flagella): whip like tail of a single-celled organisms
Fungi (singular fungus): one of the five kingdoms of living things; multicellular or unicellular organisms with a cell wall as the outer covering and a distinct nucleus
Genus (plural general): the division in the classification system below family and above species
Kingdom: the first level of classifications
Macroscopic: able to be seen without the help of a microscope
Microscopic: cannot be seen without the help of a microscope
Monera: one of the five kingdoms of living things; single-celled organisms without a distinct nucleus
Multicellular: made of many cells
Order: the division in the classification system below class and above family
Phylum (plural phyla): the second level of classification of living things, below kingdom above class
Plant: one of the five kingdoms of living things; multicellular organism with a cellulose cell wall as the outer layer and a distinct nucleus
Protist: one of the five kingdoms of living things, consisting of a single-celled organism with a distinct nucleus
Species: the last level of classification of living things
Unicellular: made of only one cell.