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Biology - Classification of Living Things (Form II)
Muhtasari / Summary: Five kingdoms, taxonomic hierarchy, and binomial naming.
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Classification groups organisms by shared characteristics. Five Kingdoms: Monera (bacteria – prokaryotes), Protoctista (amoeba, algae), Fungi (mushrooms, yeast – absorb nutrients), Plantae (multicellular, photosynthetic), Animalia (multicellular, ingest food). Hierarchy: Kingdom → Phylum → Class → Order → Family → Genus → Species. Binomial nomenclature: Genus species (e.g. Homo sapiens). Vertebrates have a backbone; invertebrates do not.