Biodiversity & Classification
Science: Year 3 & 4 National Curriculum, topic 6.1.1
How Do We Group Living Things?
There are lots of living things on Earth. You need to know some keywords about living things and how we group living things. Let's look at these keywords...

Biodiversity
- The range of living things on Earth is huge!
- We call this biodiversity.

Classification
- We group living things together based on the common features they have.
- Living things means both animals and plants.
- This grouping is called classification.
Test yourself on Biodiversity & Classification
What is 'biodiversity'?
What do you call the grouping of living things based on their common features?