Plants and science

Plant Classification In order to study the billions of different living things on earth Scientists have sorted and classified them based on their similarities. All plants are included in one so-called kingdom (Kingdom Plantae), which is then broken down into smaller and smaller divisions based on several groups, including: Whether they can circulate fluids (like rainwater) through their bodies or need to absorb them from the moisture that surrounds them, How they reproduce. The majority of the 260,000 plant species are flowering herbs. To describe all plant species, the following divisions (or phyla) are most commonly used to sort them. The first grouping is made up of plants that are non-vascular; they cannot circulate rainwater through their stems and leaves but must absorb it from the environment that surrounds them. The remaining plant species are all vascular (they have a system for circulating fluids). This larger group is then split into two groups: one that reproduces from spores rather than seeds, and the other that reproduces from seeds. Dichotomus key: A dichotumus key is a way of idetifiing a plant or animal and telling one animal from another an example of a dichotumus key is: https://ib.bioninja.com.au/_Media/dichotomous5_med.jpeg