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Reasons Species Characteristics Group Share Give Scientists Classify

This card lists three reasons why scientists classify organisms: to identify species, predict characteristics, and find evolutionary links.

Bu kart, bilim insanlarının organizmaları sınıflandırmasının üç nedenini listeler: türleri belirlemek, özellikleri tahmin etmek ve evrimsel bağlantıları bulmak.

Front Give 3 reasons why scientists classify organisms.
Back Reasons for classification:
  • To identify species
  • To predict characteristics - if several members have a specific characteristic, likely that another species in the group has the same one
  • To find evolutionary links - same group probably share characteristics bc they share a common ancestor

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