Science Language Students Should Know and Use.

To put things into groups of some kind. It is usually done based on some type of similarities.

A device used to identify what group an organism or object is in. Most use a two choice system where you answer yes or no to each question to arrive at the correct group.

The largest of the classification groupings. Currently scientists have identified five kingdoms: plant, animal, protist, yeast and monera.

Any living thing.

The smallest of the classification groupings. Any group of organisms that share common genetic information. Members of a species are capable of breeding and producing offpring that can also reproduce.