Characteristics of Living Things & Classification

Sample sentences to use on the Vocabulary-Classification Assignment:

· Using a DICHOTOMOUS KEY helps me find out the species of a living thing.

· When a scientist is naming and classifying a cat it is called TAXONOMY

· A golden retriever and a pug are different dogs but the same SPECIES.

· Lady bugs are in the same GENUS because they have similar characteristics.

· BINOMIAL NOMENCLATURE is what we use to name species

· Humans and other things that give live birth and nurse their young are CLASSIFIED as mammals.