Therearesomanylivingthingsandtheyaresodiverseinstructureandbehaviourthatinordertostudythembiologistshavedevelopedclassification(grouping)systems.
Scientistsalsoclassifylivingthingsasitallowsthemtostudysimilarfeaturesandtocompareoneorganismwithanother.
Scientistsclassifylivingthingssothattheycanstudythedifferentkindswithoutconfusion.Therearebasicdifferencesintheconstructionofeverydifferentkindoflivingthings.Scientistsliketoexaminethosedifferencestolearnmoreabouttheextremecomplexityfoundinthem
Iftheyhavelotsoflivingthingstothinkabout,itletsthemputtheminsomesortoforder.
Iftheymeetalivingthingtheyhavenevermetbefore,ithelpsthemunderstandwhatthatnewspecieslike.
Scientistscanworkouthowcloselyrelatedtwospeciesare.Iftwospecieslookverysimilar,theyareprobablycloselyrelatedtoeachother.
Itmakesiteasierforthemtotellotherscientistsaboutaparticularspecies.
Classificationmeansorganisingthingsintogroupsthatsharethesamesortsoffeatures.Sciencehasdevelopedaclassificationsystembecausethismakesiteasiertoidentify,describeandrememberthings.