What are the advantages of classifying organisms?
Classification is advantageous in the following way:
(i) Classification makes the study of huge varieties of organisms easy.
(ii) It helps us to understand the interrelationship among different groups of organisms.
(iii) It helps in the specific identification of any given organism.
(iv) The study of a few representatives from each distinct group helps us to integrate the idea of life as a whole.
(v) It reveals the relationships among various groups of organisms.
(vi) It provides information about plants and animals, which occur in specific geographical regions.
(vii) It indicates the evolutionary relationship by establishing the gradually increasing complexity of form and structure in different groups of organisms.
