Biology Videos: How Animals Are Classified

Use these online biology videos to study How Animals Are Classified. Use the video subtitles to improve Reading and Literacy skills ... simultaneously!

Use these 7 online educational videos to explore the history and structure of the five-kingdom system of organism classification as you learn how the horse (or Equus caballus) is categorized by kingdom, phylum, subphylum, class, order, family, genus, and species. Identify the seven main levels in the hierarchy of organism classification, with examples of each level. Explain the five-kingdom system of classification and learn about each of its components (Animalia, Plantae, Monera, Fungi, and Protista). Discover the history of the classification system and some of those who helped to develop it, including Aristotle and Carolus Linnaeus. Learn the structural similarities scientists identify when they classify organisms.

Learning Objectives:

• Identify the seven main levels in the hierarchy of organism classification, with examples of each level.
• Explain the five-kingdom system of classification and learn about each of its components (Animalia, Plantae, Monera, Fungi and Protista).
• Discuss the history of the classification system and some of those who helped to develop it, including Aristotle and Carolus Linnaeus.
• Describe the structural similarities scientists identify when they classify organisms.

• Biology > Animal Classification > How Animals Are Classified
• Introduction (Runtime: 02:35)
• What are Animals (Runtime: 01:34)
• The History of Taxonomy (Runtime: 02:00)
• Kingdoms and Phyla (Runtime: 01:54)
• Subphyla Classes and Orders (Runtime: 01:35)
• Families Genera and Species (Runtime: 01:02)
• A Review of How Animals are Classified (Runtime: 00:05)