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Classification of Living Organisms Cheat Sheet
by David Pollack (Davidpol) via cheatography.com/2754/cs/5988/
Introd​uction
Order
Order puts them in a general group of what they are, like the group turtle,
which including all turtles.
Tree of Life
The group kingdom, includes all living organisms and species. There are 5
different groups within Kingdom that organisms are placed: Hierar​achy:
Kingdom > Phylum > Class > Order > Family > Genus > Species
Kingdom
Kingdom
Desc​rip​tion
Animal
organisms that usually move around and find their own food.
Plant
organisms that make their own food and do not actively
move around.
Fungi
organisms that absorb food from living and non-living things.
Prot​ist
organisms that have single, complex cells.
Mone​ran
organisms that have single, simple cells.
Tree of Life View:
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Family
A family may include animals that live in the same area, or have a more
Phylum
similar charac​ter​istic. If you were to classify turtles, any water turtle would
Phylum puts organisms in a more specific group than Kingdom. Animals
be in the same family.
are grouped together based on simila​rities in basic body plan or
organi​zat​ion.There are many Phylum groups in each Kingdom.
Genus
The genus, along with the species names of an organism are how they
Class
are named in the classi​fic​ation system. Any human would be in the Homo
In this classi​fic​ation group, class, divides organisms into groups like
genus.
reptiles and mammals.
Species
A species is a group that, in natural surrou​ndings, breeds exclus​ively
within the group. The species name is also used to identify organisms in
classi​fic​ation. A lion is in the same genus as a house cat, (Felis), but is in
the leo species in stead of the same one as a house cat.
By David Pollack (Davidpol)
Published 5th November, 2015.
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