Fill in the Blanks What did I learn?Online version This activity confirms whether you took time to read the notes for Week 1 of the topic Classification of Living Things. by Anelie Lenita May 1 The system by which scientists classify living things is called . The scientist who created it was . He grouped organisms based on and , and came up with five large groups called into which living things can be placed . These large groups are then divided into smaller and smaller groups . The organisms in each smaller group share more and more in common as they are classified into each level in the classification . The smallest groups are called . Only in these small and very similar groups can occur giving rise to fertile .