Carl Linnaeus - Test
A) Discoverer of DNA B) Founder of quantum physics C) Inventor of the microscope D) Father of Taxonomy
A) 1607 B) 1707 C) 1907 D) 1807
A) England B) Germany C) France D) Sweden
A) Hieroglyphic naming B) Random naming C) Color-based naming D) Binomial nomenclature
A) Economics B) Botany C) Architecture D) Nuclear physics
A) Uppsala Cathedral B) The Great Wall of China C) Under the Eiffel Tower D) Mount Everest
A) Stroke B) Struck by lightning C) Choking on a grape D) Falling from a tree
A) The Lord of the Rings B) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone C) Species Plantarum D) War and Peace
A) Species B) Genus C) Family D) Kingdom
A) Geology B) Taxonomy C) Meteorology D) Astronomy
A) Sir Carl Linnaeus B) Carl the Great of Sweden C) Carl de Linné D) Carl von Linné
A) Stockholm B) Råshult C) Uppsala D) Gothenburg
A) Ingemarsson B) Lind C) Nilsson D) Brodersonius
A) A historical figure named Linnaeus B) The Latin word for 'tree' C) A giant lime tree on their family homestead D) His favorite flower, a lily
A) University professor B) Farmer C) Lutheran minister and amateur botanist D) Doctor
A) 1740s B) 1750s C) 1760s D) 1730s
A) L. B) Linnæus C) Linné D) Linnaeus
A) The primary researcher B) The genetic donor C) The evolutionary ancestor D) The type specimen
A) Played music for him B) Told him jokes C) Read him a story D) Gave him a flower
A) Maps of Sweden B) Medical instruments C) Flowers and their names D) Books and manuscripts
A) Rothman B) Daniel Lannerus C) Nils D) Johan Telander
A) He felt Telander was an excellent mentor in botany. B) He admired Telander for his teaching methods. C) He found Telander inspiring and motivating. D) He thought Telander was better calculated to extinguish a child's talents than develop them.
A) 1709 B) 1730 C) 1724 D) 1717
A) He rarely studied, often going to the countryside to look for plants. B) He was an exemplary student with high grades. C) He diligently followed all school assignments. D) He focused solely on Latin and theology.
A) A schoolteacher B) An honest cobbler C) A botanist D) A physician
A) A local yeoman B) His father Nils C) Daniel Lannerus, his headmaster D) Johan Telander
A) Theology B) Medicine C) Mathematics D) Cobbling
A) They said he would never become a scholar. B) They were indifferent to his progress. C) They thought he was already an accomplished scholar. D) They believed he had great potential.
A) Johan Telander B) Daniel Lannerus C) Rothman D) Nils
A) Sébastien Vaillant B) Nils Rosén C) Olof Celsius D) Kilian Stobæus
A) 1730 B) 1731 C) 1728 D) 1727
A) Kilian Stobæus B) Nils Rosén C) Olof Celsius D) Lars Roberg
A) Lars Roberg B) Kilian Stobæus C) Olof Celsius D) Nils Rosén
A) Nils Rosén B) Olof Rudbeck C) Lars Roberg D) Kilian Stobæus
A) 400 B) 300 C) 200 D) 500
A) Tournefort's system B) Rudbeck's system C) Celsius's system D) Linnaeus's own system
A) Genera Plantarum B) Critica Botanica C) Praeludia Sponsaliorum Plantarum D) Adonis Uplandicus
A) Lars Roberg B) Kilian Stobæus C) Olof Rudbeck D) Nils Rosén
A) Rudbeck B) Kilian Stobæus C) Lars Roberg D) Celsius
A) Lund B) Uppsala C) Skåne D) Stenbrohult
A) Sir Hans Sloane B) Herman Boerhaave C) George Clifford III D) Johann Jacob Dillenius
A) astronomical observations at night B) chemical experiments in the laboratory C) botanical excursions made every Saturday during summer D) zoological studies in the winter
A) Sävja B) Edeby C) Uppsala D) Hammarby
A) Three years old B) Six months old C) Fifteen days old D) One month old
A) Carpe diem B) Famam extendere factis C) Veni, vidi, vici D) Ad astra per aspera
A) Malaria was transmitted through air pollution B) Malaria was a genetic disorder C) Malaria was caused by contaminated water D) Malaria arose only in areas with clay-rich soils
A) Genera Plantarum B) Species Plantarum C) Systema Naturae D) Flora Lapponica
A) Daisy B) Lily C) Twinflower D) Rose
A) Snake skins B) Weasel jaws C) The Anopheles mosquito D) Clay-rich soils
A) 700 B) 300 C) 561 D) 1000
A) Sara Elisabeth Moræa B) Lovisa C) Elisabeth Christina D) Sophia
A) 25 December 1731 B) 12 May 1732 C) 1 January 1732 D) 15 June 1733
A) May 1738 B) 18 October 1737 C) 24 September 1735 D) July 1736
A) member of the Academy of Sciences B) director of Uppsala University C) professor of botany D) archiater, or chief physician
A) Systema Naturae B) Genera Plantarum C) Hortus Cliffortianus D) Thesaurus Zeylanicus
A) George Clifford III B) Herman Boerhaave C) Johan Frederik Gronovius D) Philip Miller
A) One year B) Two weeks C) Three months D) Six months
A) Dillenia B) Cliffortia C) Linnaea D) Nepenthes
A) 1751 B) 1749 C) 1761 D) 1753
A) Over 2,000 kilometers B) 5,000 kilometers C) 500 kilometers D) 10,000 kilometers
A) George Clifford III B) Herman Boerhaave C) Philip Miller D) Sir Hans Sloane
A) 1758 B) 1752 C) 1766 D) 1770
A) 1736 B) 1740 C) 1732 D) 1734
A) Adolf Frederick B) Erik Gustaf Lidbeck C) Olof Söderberg D) Anders Celsius
A) 1747 B) 1749 C) 1752 D) 1750
A) Linnæa B) Linnaea borealis C) Gärtneria D) Scopolia
A) 1749 B) 1761 C) 1753 D) 1770
A) The Swedes B) The Lapps C) The Germans D) The French
A) Gotland B) Scania C) Öland D) Västergötland
A) 28 June 1741 B) 12 September 1739 C) 26 June 1739 D) 15 May 1737
A) The fifth edition B) The first edition C) The twelfth edition D) The tenth edition
A) Claes Sohlberg B) Peter Artedi C) The mayor of Hamburg D) Nils Rosén
A) 50 B) 200 C) 500 D) About 100
A) Fauna Suecica B) Skånska Resa C) Wästgöta-Resa D) Flora Suecica
A) 28 June 1738 B) 1 July 1740 C) 12 September 1739 D) 15 May 1737
A) Jamaica Botanical Garden B) Chelsea Physic Garden C) Oxford University Botanic Garden D) Hartekamp
A) Sophia B) Elisabeth Christina C) Sara Magdalena D) Lovisa
A) Mosses B) Lichens C) Grasses D) Berries
A) 750 B) 935 C) 500 D) 1000
A) Dillenia B) Linnaea C) Cliffortia D) Nepenthes
A) 50 B) 100 C) 186 D) 250
A) Johann Jacob Dillenius B) Herman Boerhaave C) George Clifford III D) Philip Miller
A) Flora Suecica B) Wästgöta-Resa C) Fauna Suecica D) Skånska Resa
A) Alexander von Humboldt B) Giovanni Antonio Scopoli C) Joseph Banks D) Carl Friedrich von Gärtner
A) Genera Plantarum B) Hortus Cliffortianus C) Bibliotheca Botanica D) Critica Botanica
A) Wästgöta-Resa B) Flora Suecica C) Öländska och Gothländska Resa D) Fauna Suecica
A) Chelsea Physic Garden B) Hartekamp Botanical Garden C) Jamaica Botanical Garden D) Oxford University Botanic Garden
A) Johan Frederik Gronovius B) George Clifford III C) Philip Miller D) Herman Boerhaave
A) Charles Darwin B) Joseph Dalton Hooker C) Augustin Pyramus de Candolle D) Gregor Mendel
A) 1770 B) 1753 C) 1761 D) 1757
A) ferruginous water B) alkaline water C) sulfuric water D) carbonated water
A) Rosa canina B) Campanula serpyllifolia, later known as Linnaea borealis C) Vaccinium myrtillus D) Betula pendula
A) Uppsala University B) Royal Swedish Academy of Science C) Linnean Society of London D) American Philosophical Society
A) 1738 B) 1741 C) 1750 D) 1765
A) Amsterdam B) Paris C) London D) Oxford
A) 1748 B) 1745 C) 1746 D) 1747
A) Hortus Cliffortianus B) Genera Plantarum C) Critica Botanica D) Systema Naturae
A) 1763 B) 1772 C) 1776 D) 1769
A) A unique plant specimen B) A rare bird species C) An ancient fossil D) A seven-headed hydra
A) Stockholm B) Falun C) Uppsala D) Gothenburg |
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