Organisms and environments
7.14(A)How Scientists Sort Living Things
Describe the taxonomic system that categorizes organisms based on similarities and differences shared among groups.
Part of The student knows how the taxonomic system is used to describe relationships between organisms
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Sorting Living Things
Scientists study millions of kinds of organisms, so they sort them into groups based on what they share and how they differ. This lesson describes the taxonomic system, a ranked set of nested groups scientists use to organize all living things, from bacteria to animals to plants.
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