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IB Biology SL II Ryan Martucci Topic: 4 - Ecology and Evolution Date: 5-24-02 Period: 4th Sub-topic: 4.4 - Classification 4.4.1 1 Define Species. A species is a particular kind of organism; members possess similar anatomical characteristics and have the ability to interbreed. 4.4.2 2 Describe the value of classifying organisms. This refers to natural classification. Include how the organization of data assists in identifying organism, show evolutionary links, and enables prediction of characteristics shared by members of a group. Taxonomy uses organisms and groups them according to similarities for natural classification including internal and external make-up, evolutionary relationships, and phylogeny. The reason why classifying organisms is so important is first of all gets rid of the chaos and confusion because it is human nature to be orderly and be able to organize things for ways to deal with things. Another reason is so that a person could see and understand evolutionary relationships between organisms. Also classifying is valuable because of...

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