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1 6 th Grade Science

2 The study of classifying organisms

3 Why do we use taxonomy? Keep order of living things Communicate in the same language with other scientists around the world Carl Linnaeus, a Swedish botanist, established taxonomy in the 18 th century.

4 Body Systems Shape Size Color How it gets food

5 Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species The number of animals in each group gets smaller as you move down. General Specific

6 Make up a sentence to remember the levels of classification. Use the same first letters as the first letters in each level. KingdomKing PhylumPhillip ClassCuts OrderOnions FamilyFor GenusGood SpeciesStudents My sentence: King Phillip cuts onions for good students.

7 Each species has a scientific name The two most specific levels are used. Genus species Panthera tigris = tiger

8 Vertebrate: With a backbone Invertebrate: Without a backbone Endoskeleton: Skeleton on the inside of body Exoskeleton: Skeleton on the outside of body Endothermic: Warm- blooded Exothermic: Cold- blooded

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