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Classification Systems

Virginia SOL BIO.6

Use modern classification systems to organize and study organisms.

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What students need to be able to do

  • Compare structural and biochemical similarities and differences among organisms.
  • Use fossil record interpretation to classify organisms.
  • Use developmental stages in different organisms to classify organisms.
  • Identify the three domains (Archaea, Bacteria, Eukarya) based on characteristics of organisms.
  • Compare and differentiate the functions and processes of protists, fungi, plants, and animals within the Eukarya kingdoms.
  • Explain how systems of classification adapt to new scientific discoveries.