What do scientists classify?

Scientists classify living organisms, minerals, chemicals, and other objects based on their characteristics and relationships. This helps them organize and understand the natural world.

Scientists classify the natural world, including:

- Living things (organisms):
- Animals (zoology)
- Plants (botany)
- Fungi (mycology)
- Protists (protistology)
- Monera (bacteria and archaea)
- Non-living things (matter):
- Elements (chemistry)
- Compounds (chemistry)
- Minerals (mineralogy)
- Rocks (petrology)
- Celestial objects:
- Stars (astronomy)
- Planets (planetary science)
- Moons (astrophysics)
- Comets (cometology)
- Asteroids (planetary science)
- Physical phenomena:
- Energy (physics)
- Force (physics)
- Matter (physics)
- Abstract concepts:
- Numbers (mathematics)
- Shapes (geometry)
- Functions (mathematics)