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You learn how living things are grouped and how body organisation is arranged from simple to more complex levels. This helps you identify organisms correctly and answer questions on food making, backbone presence, and classification order.
You should already know basic living and non-living things, and simple features of plants and animals. It also helps if you can name common body parts and tell green plants from animals.
Not confident yet? Work through Cell structure & function first.
One question from this skill's own question bank, shown with its full working.
The correct order of classification from largest to smallest is:
Working: This is the standard hierarchy of biological classification.
This topic normally appears in SHS 1-3 under cells, diversity of life, and basic biological classification. It supports the type of understanding often tested in WASSCE questions on grouping organisms and levels of organisation.
Curriculum notes are a general guide to where this work normally sits. Always check the syllabus your school or examination body is currently using.
Other SHS Integrated Science: Cells & Diversity of Life skills in Science, at the same point in the course.
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6 questions with a worked answer after every attempt, and a SmartScore that tracks how close you are to mastery.