Question

take quizclassification & six kingdoms: brain-pops notes & qstarted: feb 11 at 3:24pmquiz instructionstake the 10 questions quiz for these two topics.• you will have two attempts to take the quiz, 10 minutes each attempt. your grade will be the score!classificationsix kingdomsquestion 51why has our way of classifying living things changed over time?○ what we know now about genetics and evolution has allowed us to divide categories of living things differently than just by physical characteristics.○ our way of classifying things hasnt changed since the time of aristotle.○ scientists always like to change things around based on what they like best.○ scientists of the past always got things wrong so the later generations had to fix it.

Explanation:

Modern advances in genetics and evolutionary biology have provided new insights into the relationships between living organisms, moving classification beyond just observable physical traits to include genetic relatedness and evolutionary history. The other options are incorrect: classification has changed drastically since Aristotle, scientific changes are evidence-based not preference-based, and past scientists worked with the information available to them, not that they "always got things wrong".

Answer:

What we know now about genetics and evolution has allowed us to divide categories of living things differently than just by physical characteristics.