Ecology

Eat only meat.

Eat only plants

Eat both plants and other animals.

A group of organisms that are similar based on characteristics such as chemistry and cell structure. .

A group organisms by developmental characteristics and whether they make their own food.

The next major taxonomic group. within the kingdoms, organisms are divided into 36 phyla by general characteristics.

Scientific groupings create orders, which separate organisms based on the characteristics of the major groups in their class

Organisms in a phylum are divided into classes

Families further divide organisms of the same order by similar characteristics.

Two or more species that share unique body structures or other characteristics are closely related enough to be placed in a single Genus.

The most specific level, so it contains the fewest types of organisms. Organisms of the same species have very similar characteristics.