Organizing Organisms...

Because of the enormous amount of species in our planet, it is neccesary to classify them using a logical order. The most used system for achieving this organization, is the binomial nomenclature. This system was developed by Carolus Linnaeus. There are seven classification levels:

• Kingdom
• Phylum
• Class
• Order
• Family
• Genum
• Species

In the generally accepted system there are 5 kingdoms:

• Animalia
• Plantae
• Fungi
• Protista
• Monera

Dichotomous Key is a method of organizing organisms based on characteristics. Organisms paired  with a series of direction that leads to increrasingly more specific descriptions of an organism, ending when a group containing all of the relevant characteristics found.