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This is true because there were (and are) a wide variety of animals, some that seem to be a mix between plants and animals, but are more animal than plant or vice versa. This certainly makes it quite complicated and confusing when it comes to the categorical process of scientifically naming plants and animals.

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How do scientists use a classification system to categorize plants and animals?

Scientists use a classification system called taxonomy to categorize plants and animals based on their shared characteristics. This system groups organisms into hierarchical categories like kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species. By classifying organisms in this way, scientists can better understand their relationships, evolutionary history, and biological characteristics.


When classifying organisms what do scientists look at?

Scientists look at various characteristics of organisms such as their physical appearance, genetic makeup, behavior, and evolutionary history to classify them into different taxa. These characteristics help scientists group similar organisms and understand their relationships and differences. The classification system used by scientists is called taxonomy.


Is backbones considered by scientists when classifying organisms?

Yes. The first classification under animal describes if an animal has a backbone or not. Animals with a backbone are Vertebrates, and animals without a backbone are Invertebrates.


How can you put living things animals and plants into categories?

By classifying them according to sets of shared features.


How Do scientists classify organisms?

Before the 1600's, many scientists divided organisms into two groups: plants and animals. But as more organisms were discovered, some did not fit into eaither group. In the 1700's, CarolusLinnaes, a Swedish scientist founded modern taxonomy. Taxonomy- is the science of describing, classifying, and naming living things based on their shape and structure.


What four features are used when classifying animals?

The four main features used when classifying animals are their body structure, mode of reproduction, habitat, and feeding habits. These characteristics help scientists group animals into different classes and categories based on their similarities and differences.


What do scientists look at to group organisms into kingdoms?

Plants and animals


What is classifying?

Classifying means sorting out. like classifying the living organisms. animals are classified in 2 groups: vertebrates and invertebrates. plants are also classified into 2 groups: produces seeds and produces spores; arranging or distributing objects, events, information, putting them in class according to a method or system.


What is a two-kingdom classification system no longer used by scientists?

The two-kingdom classification system grouped organisms into the categories of plants and animals. It is no longer used by scientists because it did not accurately reflect the diversity of life on Earth and failed to account for the many different forms of organisms that exist.


Why do scientists use body structure and function instead of size and colour and behaviour when they are classifying animals?

Because body structures and fossils and bones help scientists classify animals. Things like colour and behaviour don't really matter.


What two groups did scientists divide organisms into before the sixteen hundreds?

Plants and animals.


Why are collar cell important in classifying sponges as animals?

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