Difference between revisions of "Classify (Science)"

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To classify is to things into groups of similar things.

Singular Noun: Classification

Plural Noun: Classifications

Verb: Classify

When we put things in groups we are classifying them. We put things in groups because it helps us organise the world.


A builder classifies their bricks by colour and puts them into piles.	A child classified their blocks by shape and colour and arranged them in rows and columns.	A student classified animals by the sounds they made.

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-: A [[scientist]] puts all of their red [[Brick|bricks]] in one pile and all of their blue bricks in another pile.
-: A [[scientist]] puts all their triangle blocks in one pile and all of their [[square]] blocks in another.
-: A [[scientist]] writes down lists of [[Animal|animals]] naming all the ones with [[fur]] in one list and all the ones that don't have [[fur]] in another list.
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-: A [[scientist]] '''classifies''' their bricks by [[colour]].
-: A [[scientist]] '''classified''' their bricks by [[shape]].
-: A [[scientist]] used '''classification''' by [[texture]] to arrange [[Animal|animals]] into two lists.