The Five Kingdoms

Do you know what the main characteristics of the five kingdoms are? In Palm, the children researched the main characteristics of living things in each kingdom. All living things are divided into the five kingdoms which are: Animals (Animalia), Plants (Plantae), Fungi (Fungus), Protoctista (Protista) and Monera (Bacteria)

Classification of Living Things

Carl Linnaeus had a classification system which was Kingdom, Class, Order, Genus and Species. However this classification system has been developed by scientists ( who are called taxonomists) and now uses seven levels of classification. These seven levels are: Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus and Species. The purpose for the levels of classification is so that each sub level helps to identify a living thing further.