DID YOU KNOW?...."kids prefer cheese over fried green spinach" (used to memorize the classification categories for organisms from general kingdom to specific species)
(start with the most general category....)
KINGDOM
PHYLUM
CLASS
FACT: There are currently 6 kingdoms of different life forms.
FACT: There are currently 2 million identified species of different life forms on Earth, but scientists estimate there may be 5 to 100 million species of life that we have yet to discover.
Classification of HUMANS
Kingdom = Animalia
CLASSORDER
FAMILY
(...end with the most specific category)FAMILYGENUS
SPECIES
SPECIESFACT: There are currently 6 kingdoms of different life forms.
FACT: There are currently 2 million identified species of different life forms on Earth, but scientists estimate there may be 5 to 100 million species of life that we have yet to discover.
Classification of HUMANS
Kingdom = Animalia
Phylum = Chordata
Class = Mammalia
Order = Primates
Family = Hominidae
Genus = Homo
Species = sapiens
Think about it.....
What other organisms can you think of that are part of the animal kingdom like humans?
What organisms can you think of that ARE NOT part of the animal kingdom?
Class = Mammalia
Order = Primates
Family = Hominidae
Genus = Homo
Species = sapiens
Think about it.....
What other organisms can you think of that are part of the animal kingdom like humans?
What organisms can you think of that ARE NOT part of the animal kingdom?
