Classification of living things

1. How are living
things the same and
different?
Chapter 1: Lesson 2
Grade 5

2. Classification of Living
Things

3. What is classification?
It is the grouping of living
organisms according to
similar characteristics.

5.  A scientist called Aristotle
grouped animals according to
the way they moved

6. The modern classification
system was developed by:
Carolus Linnaeus

7. The modern classification
method consists of 7 levels:
 Kingdom
 Phylum
 Class
 Order
 Family
 Genus
 Species

8. •
•
Which is the
biggest
group?
Which is the
smallest
group?

9. Helpful way to remember the 7
levels
 King Philip Came Over For
Green Skittles.
 Kids Playing Catch On Freeway
Get Squashed.

10. Classification of humans:
Latin or Greek name
animals
chordates
mammals
primates
great apes
Man/humans
wise
-
-
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
-
-
Animalia
Chordata
Mammalia
Primates
Hominidae
Homo
sapiens

11. The Animal kingdom is divided
into 2 groups.
Vertebrates
Invertebrates
Animals with a
backbone
Animals without a
backbone

12. Invertebrates include:
Mollusks
(include many shelled animals)
Echinoderms
Snails
Star
fish
Clams
Sea
urchin

13. Invertebrates also include:
Arthropods
(Largest invertebrate phylum)
Spiders
Lobster
Crabs
Insects

14. Vertebrates include:
Mammals
Birds
Fish
Reptiles
Amphibians

15. Mammals
Hair or
fur
(to keep
warm)
Ex. Polar
bear
Lungs
(to breathe
in oxygen)
Ex. Whales
Give
birth to
babies.
(Parents
take care
of the
baby, until
it can live
alone)
Feed
their
babies
milk.

19. Birds
Feather
s
Wings
(to help
them fly)
Penguins
have
wings but
cannot
fly.
Two
legs
Lungs
(to
breathe
oxygen
from the
air)
Lay
eggs

20. Penguin

21. Crocodile
Scales

22. Reptiles
Dry skin
Skin is
covered
with
scales
(thin flat plates
to protect the
animal)
Lungs
(reptiles that
spend lots of
time in water
go to the
surface to
breathe
oxygen)
Some lay
eggs,
some
give
birth.

24. Eggs have
tough,
leathery
shells.

26. Fish
Live their
whole
life in
water
Gills
Skin
covered
with
scales
Most lay
eggs,
Some
give birth

27. Amphibians
Lay eggs
in water
Moist
skin
Young
live in
water.
Adult live
on land

28. Salamander
Toads
Frogs
Newt

29. Plant kingdom can be
classified as:
Vascular
plants
Non-Vascular
plants

30. Vascular plants
Have tubes or vessels
Phloem
Xylem
Transports food
Transports water

31. Vessels

32. Giant redwood trees.

33. Cactus.

34. Orchids

35. Non- Vascular
plants
(without vessels)
Non vascular plants grow close to the
ground to absorb water

36. Non-vascular plants
- They don’t have real roots. (They just look like roots)
- They have parts that look like stems but they are not real
stems.
- They have leaf like structures, but they are not real leaves.
The leaves, stems and roots are not real BECAUSE:
They do not have VESSELS.

37. When non-vascular plants
are dry they look like:
Dry sponge
Non-vascular plants are
absorb water like:
sponges