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... natural selectrion as a mechanism. The Linnaeus's System works by placing each organism into a layered hierarchy of groups. The groupings (taxa) of taxonomy from most general to most specific are: 1- Kingdom 2-Phylum (animals) or Division (plants) 3-Class, 4-Order, 5- Family, 6- Genus, 7- Species. In biology, a kingdom is the top-level, or nearly the top-level, grouping of organisms in a scientific classification. Originally, two kingdoms were distinguished, the Animalia (animals), which typically, they are multicellular in composition and capable of both movement and responding to their surroundings. Animal don't photosynthesize, instead using plants or other organisms to grow and sustain themselves. Another kingdom is the Plantae (plants), which typically could not move but they are able to photosynthesize, they have their own kingdom classification. A third kingdom is minerals. Each kingdom was divided into classes, and then into phyla for animals and divisions for plants. This is a simple ...
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