Why Do Scientists Classify
{"Image DocumentName": "Why Do Scientists Classify?", "Image ImageDescription": "The scientific study of how living things are classified is called taxonomy (tak sahn uh mee). Taxonomy is useful because once an organism is classified, a scientist knows a lot about that organism. For example, if you know that crows are classified as birds, you know that crows have wings, feathers, and a beak. Biologists aren\u2019t the only scientists who classify things. For example, geologists\u2014classify rocks. Geologists separate rocks into three groups according to how they formed. By classifying rocks in this way, geologists can make sense of the variety of rocks on Earth.", "Image XResolution": "37", "Image YResolution": "37", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Centimeter", "Image Software": "SlidePlayer", "Image YCbCrPositioning": "Centered"}