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Question
How is the classification of living organisms important?
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Solution
Classification is important in the following ways:
- It makes the study of a wide variety of organisms easy.
- It gives us an overall picture of all the life-forms.
- It helps us to understand the interrelationships among different groups of organisms.
- It forms a base for the development of other biological sciences.
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