Content description VCSSU091

Science / Levels 7 and 8 / Science Understanding / Biological sciences

Content description

There are differences within and between groups of organisms; classification helps organise this diversity

Elaborations

grouping a variety of organisms on the basis of similarities and differences in particular features
classifying using hierarchical systems, for example, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
using scientific conventions for naming species
using provided keys to identify organisms surveyed in a local habitat

Code

VCSSU091

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