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Classifying Living Things

The Greek philosopher classified living things as plants or animals. Scientists used these two of life. The animal group contains creatures that about and eat food. The plant group contains organisms that are rooted to the ground and food. Both are divided into smaller groups based on how organisms are. For animals, the next division is the phylum, whose members share a main . The phylum Chordata contains animals with . Members of this phylum include elephants, fishes, seals, dogs, and .