Introduction To Taxonomy Quiz Question Preview (ID: 26008)


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Taxonomy, or ____________ is a word we use to describe how scientists classify living things.
a) neatness
b) order
c) classification
d)

Who invented the classification system we use today?
a) Carl von Linnaeus
b) Your mom
c) Albert Einstein
d)

What was the name of the book that Linnaeus published?
a) Classification
b) Systema Naturae
c) The Order of Living Things
d)

Linnaeus named himself after a tree.
a) false
b) true
c)
d)

Carl von Linnaeus was from this country.
a) Norway
b) Sweden
c) Denmark
d)

Carl von Linneaus was born
a) poor
b) rich
c)
d)

Nomenclature is the study of
a) gnomes
b) naming things
c)
d)

We still use the classification system Carl von Linneaus devised in the 1700's
a) true
b) false
c)
d)

This is the order of classification Linnaeus developed:
a) Phylum, Genus, Order, Species, Family, Kingdom, Class
b) Species, Genus, Family, Order, Class, Phylum, Kingdom
c) Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
d)

Linnaeus cataloged this many plants in his lifetime
a) 7,700
b) 4,400
c) zero
d)

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