5th grade-ch. 1 lesson 1 why do we classify
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Ch. 1 Lesson 1Why Do
We Classify?
Activity- pg. 4How Can You Classify Seeds
Seed Name Description
Seed ASeed BSeed CSeed DSeed ESeed F
color, shape, texture
• Classifying all the living things is like when you get dressed in the morning - it's much quicker if all the things you wear are already sorted into groups. Your socks, undies, shirts, jeans and shoes are grouped together so you can find them easily, rather than all being in one big box.
• Imagine how long it would take you to get dressed in the morning if all your clothes were in one big pile?
classify• put things in
groups
• use observation & comparison
• place similar organisms in 1 group
classification system
• makes it easier to communicate clearly by having 1 name for each organism
classification system• helps organize info. about organisms
• still changing
housecat
gato
chat
gatto
die Katze
Felis catusFelis catus
Classification System
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
SpeciesKids Playing Chicken On Freeways Get Smooshed
protist
6 6 kingdomskingdoms
of of living living thingsthings
archae-bacteria
eubacteria protists fungi
•Single cells•Many do not needoxygen or sun
•Single cells•materials not found
in archae-bacteria
•Most single cells
•Some many cells
•1 or
many cells
•Many cells•Make own
food
•Many cells•Eat other organisms
fungi
eubacteria
plants
animalsanimals
archaebacteria
List the levels in the Classification
SystemKingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
SpeciesKids Playing Chicken On Freeways Get Smooshed
animal kingdom
•Which kingdom of living things have many cells and do not make their own food?
plant kingdom
•Which kingdom of living things have many cells and make their own food?
archaebacteria kingdom
•Which kingdom of living things are single celled and do not need oxygen or sun?
fungi kingdom
animal kingdom
protist kingdom
Which is the eubacteria?