Group 1 Classification by Cheam Qai Yinn https://padlet.com/01700011/za17j3f682clx5ya Made with a warm hug en-us 2021-09-02 06:38:51 UTC 2023-04-30 11:22:14 UTC hello@padlet.com What is classification? 0166527 https://padlet.com/01700011/za17j3f682clx5ya/wish/1712134793
Classification is the sorting of organisms into categories based on their characteristics, structure and common features. They are sorted in the order of: Kingdom, phylum, class, order. Family, genus and species. The method of putting similar things into one group also makes studying of it more easy and systematic for us humans to understand. 


]]> 2021-09-02 06:48:06 UTC https://padlet.com/01700011/za17j3f682clx5ya/wish/1712134793 Classification systems aim to reflect evolutionary relationships… Explain 0204279 https://padlet.com/01700011/za17j3f682clx5ya/wish/1712135286 According to Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution, certain types of species of animals would evolve or alter its physical features to adapt to its surrounding environment as time passes. So in order to differentiate each species from the little differences they have, it is vital to have a structured system of classifying each species according to their traits. The division of different living things are often categorized according to their evolutionary features. For example, both tigers and cats fall into the Animalia kingdom, chordata phylum, mammalia class, carnivora order and felidae family. However, these two split up into different Genuses where the tiger is under Panthera Genus and the species of panthera tigris while the cats are of felis genus. This type of division allows us to easily catch that the two animals were once from the same family but some evolved to adapt to a safer environment like cats. ]]> 2021-09-02 06:48:20 UTC https://padlet.com/01700011/za17j3f682clx5ya/wish/1712135286 Why is classification important? 0166527 https://padlet.com/01700011/za17j3f682clx5ya/wish/1712138189 Classification is very important because it makes the study of such a wide variety of organisms easy to understand. Clearly recognising the different classifications allow us to differentiate features of animals from each other and identify the species easily. In addition to this, it helps us to perceive the origin and evolution of organisms, and therefore scientists can continue discovering the unknowns of the animal kingdom. 

]]> 2021-09-02 06:49:52 UTC https://padlet.com/01700011/za17j3f682clx5ya/wish/1712138189 What is the Linnaean method of classification? 0166527 https://padlet.com/01700011/za17j3f682clx5ya/wish/1712145822 Created by Carl Linnaeus in the 1700s, the Linnaean method of classification is used to classify all living organisms into a specific group based on their characteristics e.g. the presence of hair/fur, the number of limbs, etc. This method was a system classifying living organisms into one of the five kingdoms, and then dividing further into subdivisions, specialised to that living organism. This is represented by binomial nomenclature, the two-word Latin name (Genus species e.g. Canis lupus - Gray wolf)
Once the system was adopted, scientists could easily communicate without the use of misleading and uncommon names. 

Main division: kingdom (largest grouping)
The five kingdoms are animals, plants, fungi, protists (amoeba) and prokaryotes (bacteria). 

Further divisions:
  • Phylum (very general)
  • Class
  • Order
  • Family
  • Genus
  • Species (very specific) (smallest grouping)
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