CLASSIFICATION
NINE COMMON ANIMAL PHYLA
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placing them in groups with organisms that share similar characteristics.
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determining if the organism is harmful or helpful
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the type of brain the organism has
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giving each one several different kingdom names.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Taxonomy is the study of relationships between living things and the formal classification of organisms into groups based upon those hypothesized relationships. Organisms are classified based upon their similarities and differences.
Detailed explanation-2: -Kingdoms is the most basic classification of living things. Currently there are five kingdoms-Animal, Plant, Fungi, Protist and Monera (unicellular). Living things are placed into certain kingdoms based on how they obtain their food, the types of cells that make up their body, and the number of cells they contain.
Detailed explanation-3: -Modern scientists base their classifications mainly on molecular similarities. They group together organisms that have similar proteins and DNA. Molecular similarities show that organisms are related. In other words, they are descendants of a common ancestor in the past.
Detailed explanation-4: -Biologists use taxonomy as the method of classification. The basic idea of taxonomy is based on how species share certain characteristics with each other (which are often due to evolving from the same species). There are many characteristics that biologists use to organize species into a taxonomy tree.
Detailed explanation-5: -species, in biology, classification comprising related organisms that share common characteristics and are capable of interbreeding.