Classifying

   

   Task 1:

   

   1.      The following is a list of scientific disciplines given in no particular order. Turn
   it into a classification by ordering the disciplines into groups.  Be prepared to explain why
   you grouped them as you did.

   

   biology, molecular biology, genetics, statistics, anthropology, physics, quantum chemistry,
   physical chemistry,  quantum mechanics, vacuum physics,  botany,  geology, , petrology,
   palaeontology, geography, geomorphology, cartography, economic geography,  nuclear chemistry,
   stereochemistry, chemistry, quantum electronics, plasma physics, experimental geochemistry,
   sedimentology, meteorology, mathematics,  mathematical economics, geometry, discrete
   mathematics, complex analysis, quantum physics, biochemistry, mineralogy, hydrology, zoology

   

   2.      What where you doing with these items? 

   

   3.      What is classification? Can you define this?

   

   4.      What general criteria can be used in classification?

   

   When we classify data and ideas we divide all the information into                        
              categories.

   

         The logical ordering we choose depends on our purpose in making the    
                    classification.

   

   §         from general to specific (general to particular hierarchy): focusing on  the large
   or high-level category and talking about its parts, that is from general to specific, the
   following expressions can be used:

   

   is, can be divided into, is of, has, is made up of , is composed of, comprises, consists of

   

   §         from specific to general: what the smaller (or lower-level) components make  when
   they are put together. This kind of classification uses the following expressions:

   

                           make up, form, constitute, may be, can be, are classified as

   

                specific-to-general classification will have plural verbs, because two or  
                              more lower-level categories are the focus of classification.

   

   §         time order (oldest to newest)

               scale (examples of scales are:

                    -importance (most important to least important)

                    -size (largest to smallest)

                    -familiarity (best known to least known)