Classification in the 6 Kingdoms

Carolus Linnaeus

Developed

seven-level

system of

classification

1700’s

Swedish Scientist

Father of Taxonomy

Only had __2__ Kingdoms:

Plants and

Animals

The 6 Kingdoms of Life

Plantia

Animalia

Protistia

Fungi

Archaebacteria

Eubacteria

Plantia Kingdom

• Organisms (plants) that produce food through a process called photosynthesis

• Absorb Carbon Dioxide and release Oxygen for people to breathe

• Produce covering and food for living organisms

• Plantia Kingdom is broken up in 12 different phylums

Animalia Kingdom

This Kingdom is the most and least familiar to us Over 1,000,000 species are classified in this kingdom Animals are separated into 33 different phylums (phyla) The Arthropod phylum would probably be well over 10

million species if scientists could identify every one in the rain forests

Chordata AnnelidaEchinoderm

Fungi Kingdom

Simple organisms having animal and plant like characteristics

They are not producers (able to create own food) Decomposers- feed on remains of dead organisms 40,000 different species of Fungi

Molds and Mildew Toadstools

Mushrooms

Protistia Kingdom

Set up to categorize all organisms that did not fit into any other kingdoms

Organisms are unicellular and multicellular

Made up of 60,000 different organisms

Not bacteria Includes algae and slime molds

Archaebacteria

• Archaebacteria are found in extreme environments such as hot boiling water and thermal vents under conditions with no oxygen or highly acid environments.

• unicellular (one cell) organisms 

Sulfolobus

Eubacteria

• complex and single celled. 

• Most bacteria are in the this kingdom.

• classified in their own kingdom because their chemical makeup is different. 

• Most eubacteria are helpful.  Some produce vitamins and foods like yogurt. 

• Others make you sick, such as Streptococci (strep throat)

E. Coli

Streptococci (strep throat)

Classification

Phylum

Order

Kingdom

Species

Class

Family

Genus

General

Specific

Putting things into orderly groups based on similar characteristics

Mnemonic Device

Kings Play

Chess

On

Fine

Glass

Surfaces

Come up with your own mnemonic device!!!

Binomial Nomenclature

• Scholars before Linnaeus used names that were as long as 12 words to identify species

• Linnaeus created Binomial Nomenclature to simplify taxonomy

Elephas maximus

Genus Name

First letter always CAPITALIZED

Italicized or Underlined

Species Name

Never capitalized

Italicized or Underlined

Seven Levels of Classification

Seven Levels of Classification

Organism Binomial Nomenclature

Panthera leo

Tulipa gesneriana

Rangifer tarandus

Canis familiaris

Can you guess the common names of the following organisms??

lion

tulip

reindeer

dog

Dichotomous KeysAn aid that is used to identify organisms and that consists of answer to a series of questions

Work Cited

www.angelfire.com/ks3/ccleary88/eubacteria.html

www.angelfire.com/ks3/dfoth/Archaebacteria.html

www.zephyrus.co.uk/funguskingdom.html

www.angelfire.com/ks3/dfoth/Protista.html

www.perspective.com/nature/plantae/

www.perspective.com/nature/animalia/