Question

Answer the following questions.
1) Choose the best answer.

How many species have already been classified?

1.5 million

2.7 million

1.7 million

1.8 million



2) Choose the best answer.

How many species do scientists think are on earth?

10-20 million

15-30 million

5-20 million

15-25 million



3) Choose the best answer.

Who was one of the first scientists to classify organisms?

Alfred Wallace

Charles Darwin

Carl Linnaeus

Aristotle



4) Choose the best answer.

A branch of biology that deals with classifying and naming organisms is _____.

phylogeny

taxonomy

genus

binomial nomenclature



5) Choose the best answer.

Who is the person who created the classification system we use today?

Alfred Wallace

Aristotle

Carl Linnaeus

Rene Descartes



6) Choose the best answer.

What type of naming system do we use for living organisms?

kingdom

taxonomy

binomial nomenclature

dichotomus



7) Choose the best answer.

Which of the following is the definition of binomial nomenclature?

a group of closely related species

a branch of biology that deals with classifying and naming organisms

a system of classification for living organisms that uses two names

the process of forming a new species from an existing species



8) Choose the best answer.

What is a genus?

the process of forming a new species from an existing species

a system of classification for living organisms that uses two names

a group of closely related species

a branch of biology that deals with classifying and naming organisms

Answer 1

1) 1.5 million

2) 10–20 million

3) Aristotle

4) Taxonomy

5) Carl Linnaeus

6) Binomial nomenclature

7) A system of classification for living organisms that uses two names

8) A group of closely related species