1. Types of living things
Living things are classified by similar ____________________.
Each different type of organism is called a ___________________.
It is estimated that there are over ten __________ different species on Earth.
All of the same kind of dust mite are members of a single species.

2. Classifying life
To classify a living thing into one of the kingdoms, scientists ask 3 questions:
Does it have prokaryotic (_____________) cells or eukaryotic (complex) cells?
Is it single-celled (one-celled) or _______________________ (many-celled)?
Does it get _______________ by making its own food (as a producer) or by getting food from other organisms (as a consumer)?

3. Classifying life
One system of classification groups all living things into one of six _________________________________:
Archaebacteria
_____________
Protista
____________
Plantae
Animalia

5. Two kingdoms of bacteria
Bacteria are the ___________________ of all living things.
They are _______-celled organisms and their cells do not have a ________.
Some bacteria can ________ their own food.
Others break down food and ______________ it.
Kingdom Archaebacteria
Kingdom Eubacteria

6. Protists Members of the Kingdom __________ are called protists.
Protists are an odd group of organisms because they have many _____________ characteristics.

7. Plants
The Kingdom Plantae is made up of __________ organisms whose ____________ have a nucleus.
In __________________, plants convert energy from the sun and store it in the form of molecules.

8. Fungi
Fungi are important because they break down rotting things and return the ________________ to the soil.
Kingdom Fungi includes the fungi, _______________, molds, & ________________.

9. Animals
Animals are _________________ organisms with cells that have a _________________.
Beetles, worms, snakes, and birds are classified into the _________________ Animalia.

10. Plant and Animal kingdoms compared

11. Classifying life
Taxonomy is the process of ___________ & ____________ living things.
A Swedish scientist and explorer named Carolus ________________ (1707–1778) developed a system of classification in the 1700s.
There are currently seven ____________ of classification.

12. Organisms with shared __________________ are grouped together.
What characteristic do these organisms share? _______________________________________

13. Levels of classification
For animals, the levels of classification are: 1._________ 2._________ 3._________, 4._________, 5._________, 6._________, 7._________.
At what level are these two animals classified differently?

14. Scientific Names
A scientific name is the TWO-WORD scientifically recognized name given to an organism, consisting of its genus & species.

15. Scientific Names
You may have a difficult time understanding scientific names because they are usually in _________ or Greek.
Felis is Latin for “___” & domesticus is Latin for “_____________.”