EVERYDAY SCIENCE

Detailed explanation-1: -The Greek scientist, Aristotle (384-322 B.C.), was one of the first scientists to organise living things. Aristotle developed the first classification system, which divided all known organisms into two groups: Plants and Animals.

Detailed explanation-2: -Aristotle was the first scientist who attempted to classify organisms. He subdivided plants into three groups: shrubs, herbs and trees. He subdivided animals into their habitat: air, water and land.

Detailed explanation-3: -In the 18th century, Carl Linnaeus published a system for classifying living things, which has been developed into the modern classification system.

Detailed explanation-4: -Aristotle classified living organisms based on their ability to move from one place to another or locomote. This gave rise to two groups, plants which are non-motile and animals which are motile.

Detailed explanation-5: -Aristotle’s classification of animals grouped together animals with similar characters into genera (used in a much broader sense than present-day biologists use the term) and then distinguished the species within the genera.