When you go to a store to buy a CD you don't have to search through every CD to find the one you want. First, you find the category - rap, country, pop etc. Then you look for the name of the artist. Lastly, you find the actual CD title you want. This is similar to how you name living things.

The modern system of naming gives each living thing 7 names. Each name is a little more specific than the one before it.

• The categories are (in order from least to most specific):
  • Kingdom
  • Phylum
  • Class
  • Order
  • Family
  • Genus
  • Species

Memory trick to learn the order - remember "Kings Play Chess On Fine Glass Surfaces." The first letter of each word is the first letter of each category!

For the Plant Kingdom, the second largest classification group is the Division instead of the Phylum category.