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Classification Goes in order: Kingdom then Phylum, etc. so lets say the organism is a monkey it would belong in the animal kingdom, Now that Kingdom is established next comes Phylum. As it is an animal with a spine the Phylum would be Chordate (vertebrate). The phylum is a descriptor used to help classify things. Now if it was a type of sea sponge it would still be in the animal Kingdom, but the Phylum would be different a sponge is in the phylum Porifera. It is almost like playing 20 questions.

Each step in the classification process narrows down the choices of what the organism can be. Phylum is the second step to getting to what an organism is.

Classification is not that bad if you remember this little ditty: Kangaroos Play Cellos, Orangutans Fiddle, Gorillas Sing.

Kangaroos = Kingdom, Play = Phylum, Cello = Class, Orangutans = Order, Fiddle = Family,

Gorillas = Genus, Sing = Species

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