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==Key Stage 2==
===Meaning===
'''Grouping Classification of living things''' is done to make it easier to identify different creatures.
===About Grouping Living Things===
: Living things can be '''groupedclassified''' in different ways.: Scientists usually '''groupclassify''' things by common features or common behaviour.
===Examples===
====Vertebrates and Invertebrates====
: A [[vertebrate]] is an animal with a backbone.
: An [[invertebrate]] is an animal without a backbone.
{| class="wikitable"
|+ All of these animals have a backbone so they examples of vertebrates.
|[[File:Newt.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:Puffin.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:Trout.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:Fox.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:Adder.png|center|200px]]
|-
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Amphibians are vertebrates.
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Birds are vertebrates.
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Fish are vertebrates.
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Mammals are vertebrates.
| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Reptiles are vertebrates.
|}
{| class="wikitable"
|+ None of these animals have a backbone so they are examples of invertebrates.
|[[File:Snail.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:WormEarthworm.png|center|200px]]|[[File:Scorpion.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:Octopus.png|center|200px]]
|[[File:InsectFly.png|center|200px]]|-| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Snails are invertebrates.| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Earthworms are invertebrates.| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Scorpions are invertebrates.| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Octopuses are invertebrates.| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Flies are invertebrates.|} ====Flowering Plants and other Plants====: [[Flowering Plants]] are [[plant]]s that grow [[Flower|flowers]].: Not all [[Plant|plants]] grow [[Flower|flowers]]. There are also [[Moss|Mosses]], [[Fern|Ferns]] and [[Conifer|Conifers]] which don't grow flowers. {| class="wikitable"|+ There are 4 main groups of plants.|[[File:AppleTreeBlossom.png|center|200px]]|[[File:Conifer.png|center|200px]]|[[File:Moss.png|center|200px]]|[[File:Fern.png|center|200px]]
|-
|+ These are all examples of invertebratesstyle="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |[[Flowering Plants]].| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |[[Conifer|Coniferous Plants]].| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |[[Moss|Mosses]]| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |[[Fern|Ferns]]
|}