Kingdom

Real World Example

Imagine trying to organize a messy closet where clothes, shoes, and accessories are all jumbled together. Sorting through this chaos to group your items by category—like placing all shirts in one section, all shoes in another, and so on—mirrors the way organisms are classified into kingdoms in biology. Just as you group your closet items into broad categories for better organization, scientists classify organisms into kingdoms, which are the largest and most general categories, to make sense of the vast diversity of life.