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1 Classification To put things into groups based on common characteristics.

2 Six Kingdoms of Living Things

3 Animal Kingdom mammals birds reptiles fish amphibians crustaceans insects arachnids

4 Plant Kingdom trees flowers fruit

5 Fungi Kingdom Mushrooms yeast puffballs

6 Protist Kingdom euglena paramecium ameoba

7 Eubacteria (true bacteria) Most bacteria are found in this kingdom.

8 Archaebacteria (ancient bacteria) “Archaebacteria are found in extreme environments such as hot boiling water and thermal vents under conditions with no oxygen or highly acid environments” hot boiling waterhot boiling waterhttp://www.ric.edu/faculty/ptiskus/Six_Kingdoms/Index.htm Yellowstone National Park was one of the first places where archaebacteria were discovered in the 1980’s

9 Taxonomy Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species General Specific

10 Naming Living Things Common name – what a living thing is commonly called Scientific name – name for a living thing used by scientists - Made up of two Latin words - First word is its genus name - Second word is its species name Ursus maritimus

11 Guess that living thing! Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species animalia vertebrata felidae mammalia carnivora panthera tigris

12 Tiger Tiger Panthera tigris

13 Subspecies by location Siberian tiger Panthera tigris altaica Sumatran tiger Panthera tigris sumatrae

14 Guess that living thing! Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species animalia vertebrata reptilia crocodilia crocodilidae alligator mississippienis

15 American alligator Alligator mississippienis

16 Guess that living thing! Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Animalia Vertebrata Mammalia Proboscidea Elephantidea Loxodonte africana

17 African elephant Loxodonte africana

18 Guess that living thing! Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species animalia vertebrata mammalia carnivora canidae canis lupus

19 Gray wolf Canis lupus

20 Guess that living thing! Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Animalia arthropoda insecta orthoptera mantidae matis religiosa

21 Praying mantis Matis religiosa

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