Classifying Plants and animals

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Classification is a process categorizing something according to shared characteristics. It is mainly used in classifying animals and plants in taxonomic groups. Naming the different groups of categorization is the final part of classification.

What is meant by classifying?

Plants belong to the PLANT KINGDOM (PLANTAE), one of the five kingdoms of living things. Plants are classified into smaller groups, according to shared characteristics. All plants share certain features.

How can we classify plants?

By comparing the features of different animals they have been able to classify them further, dividing each of the kingdoms into smaller groups.

How can we classify animals?

Animals With Backbones

Amphibian

Mammals

Fish

Vertebrates Animals with backbones are called

vertebrates.

They include many different kinds of animals And can be found just about everywhere – in oceans, rivers, forests, mountains, and deserts.

Animals with backbones can be broken up into smaller groups by characteristics.

Examples of Flowering plants:

MarigoldSunflowerTulip

FernAlgaeMosses

Examples of Non Flowering Plants

The Plantae includes all land plants: mosses, ferns, conifers, flowering plants, and so on—an amazing range of diverse forms. With more than 250,000 species, they are second in size only to the arthropoda.

What is a Plant Kingdom (Plantae)?

PLANT KINGDOMCharacteristics of plantsA. Many-celled organismsB. Cells have a membrane around the nucleus, contain chlorophyll, and have cell wallsC. Get energy from the sun and take in nutrients from their surroundingsD. Most reproduce from seeds; some reproduce from other special partsE. Examples are ferns, trees, grasses, and bushes 

MammalsAmphibiansReptilesFishBirds

The animal habitat is also divided in different parts: