Question 2
If you are given a specimen, what are the steps that you would follow to classify it?
Answer
There is a certain common fundamental feature that helps in classification of living organisms. The features that can be used in classification for a given specimen are as follows.
On the basis of above features, we can easily classify a specimen into its respective category.
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