Question

Which method do biologists apply to identify and classify organisms based on their development and evolution over billions of years?

Answer 1

Answer:

The most appropriate answer would be taxonomy.

Taxonomy is the branch of science that deals with identification and classification of different organisms.

It mainly classifies different organisms into 8 main taxa or groups. The principal ranks used in modern taxonomic hierarchy are

• Domain
• Kingdom
• Phylum (division is used in botany)
• Class
• Order
• Family
• Genus
• Species.

It used various principles to identify and classify an organisms such as cellular organisation, mode of nutrition, mode of reproduction, phylogentic or evolutionary relationships et cetera.