Classification & Taxonomy

—— is the biggest group, where all living things are included in one big category, likes animals and plants

The ——– is a more specific category, where in the animal kingdom we separate those with backbones.

The ——– is a smaller group, where for example, within animals with backbones, you can have mammals.

The largest group that divides all life on Earth into three big groups – bacteria, archaea (ancient life forms), and eukarya (plants, animals, fungi, and more complex cells).

Within each class, animals are grouped even more, based on how similar they are in specific ways, for example cats and dogs belong to ——-.

Here, the group gets even smaller. Cats, lions, and tigers all belong to the same family ( Felidae) because they are similar.

This is like the grouping of animals that are even more closely related. For example, all types of lions and tigers in the genus.

This is the most specific group. It’s Like your favorite education figure, like your one special superhero. For example a lion is a species in the panthera leo