Classification of living beings (LESSON 1)

Introduction

There are over millions types of living things.To sort out similar type of living things and to understand them better ,they have been divided into different categories based on their similarities and differences.

Biologists have divided all living organisms in five different groups. Classifying all of the living beings in these groups has made the identification and understanding of different characteristics for different types of animals , plants and other microorganisms easier for all.

Each species belong to a genus,each genus belongs to a family,and each family belongs to an order etc.etc. All animals are in one kingdom and all plants are in other kingdom.

Most accepted classification has 5 Kingdoms:

·       Bacteria

·       Protoctists

·       Fungi

·       Plants

·       Animals