Difference between revisions of "Taxonomy"

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Grouping living things is done to make it easier to identify different creatures.

Living things can be grouped in different ways.

Scientists usually group things by common features or common behaviour.

A vertebrate is an animal with a backbone.

An invertebrate is an animal without a backbone.

All of these animals have a backbone so they examples of vertebrates.

A newt is an amphibian.	A puffin is a bird.	A trout is a fish.	A fox is a mammal.	An adder is a reptile.

None of these animals have a backbone so they are examples of invertebrates.

Snail	Earthworm	Scorpion	Octopus	Fly

Invertebrates: Snail, Worm, Octopus, Insect, Arachnid

Vertebrates Reptile, Mammal, Bird, Fish, Amphibian.

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-| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Snail
+| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A newt is an amphibian.
-| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Earthworm
+| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A puffin is a bird.
-| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Scorpion
+| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A trout is a fish.
-| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Octopus
+| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A fox is a mammal.
-| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |Fly
+| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |An adder is a reptile.
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