Concept information
Preferred term
BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION
Definition
- Biological classification is the process by which scientists group living organisms. Organisms are classified based on how similar they are. Historically, similarity was determined by examining the physical characteristics of an organism but modern classification uses a variety of techniques including genetic analysis. Organisms are classified according to a system of seven ranks: Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species (en)
Broader concept
- EARTH SCIENCE (en)
Narrower concepts
- ANIMALS/INVERTEBRATES (en)
- ANIMALS/VERTEBRATES (en)
- BACTERIA/ARCHAEA (en)
- FUNGI (en)
- PLANTS (en)
- PROTISTS (en)
- VIRUSES (en)
Change note
- 2017-03-15 12:10:00.0 [mgenazzi] Definition added insert Definition (id: null text: Biological classification is the process by which scientists group living organisms. Organisms are classified based on how similar they are. Historically, similarity was determined by examining the physical characteristics of an organism but modern classification uses a variety of techniques including genetic analysis. Organisms are classified according to a system of seven ranks: Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species language code: en);
URI
https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/fbec5145-79e6-4ed0-a804-6228aa6daba5
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