Why do Fungi,
Plants, and Animals have different Classifications? Each classification is
meant for dividing into groups. Groups for the classifications can go off of
plant characteristics and how they might be related to others.
Ericaceae is a plant family which has Huckleberries, Blueberries, and
Cranberries. Those plants are related on how they live in acidic soil and have
woody stems and is also called the “Health Family”. Animals can go into groups
of Amphibians, Reptiles, Fish, Mammals, and Bird, which turns into another
group called subfamilies. Mammals have a family called Artiodactyla, which is
sheep, goats, cattle, deer, elk, antelope, pigs, and continues on. Fungi can go
into groups like plants, such as Agaricus bisporus, which is the common mushrooms.
Most of animals can be characterized by having these priorities:
Mobility, Aerobic, Tissue specialization, complex Eukaryotic cells, sexual
reproduction, and Land, air, and sea habitat. What interested me the most about
classification was all the names and what families are closely related.
Three Facts:
1.
Throughout the
world there are around 602 known plant species and more plants are still being
discovered.
2.
In the 18th century a man named Carl Linnaeus
published a book on a system of classifying living things.
3.
Classification is also known as Taxonomy.
Questions?:
1.
Why do scientists
keep track of all the families?
2.
How long have
scientists classified animals, plants, and fungi into families?
3.
Why do animals,
plants, and fungi need to be classified?
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