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Carl Linnaeus - Test
  • 1. What is Carl Linnaeus known as?
A) Discoverer of DNA
B) Founder of quantum physics
C) Father of Taxonomy
D) Inventor of the microscope
  • 2. In what year was Carl Linnaeus born?
A) 1907
B) 1807
C) 1707
D) 1607
  • 3. Where was Carl Linnaeus born?
A) Germany
B) Sweden
C) England
D) France
  • 4. Which system did Linnaeus establish for naming species?
A) Color-based naming
B) Hieroglyphic naming
C) Random naming
D) Binomial nomenclature
  • 5. Which field of science did Linnaeus study?
A) Architecture
B) Nuclear physics
C) Botany
D) Economics
  • 6. Where is Carl Linnaeus buried?
A) Mount Everest
B) Under the Eiffel Tower
C) The Great Wall of China
D) Uppsala Cathedral
  • 7. How did Linnaeus die?
A) Struck by lightning
B) Falling from a tree
C) Choking on a grape
D) Stroke
  • 8. What was the first book that introduced Linnaeus' two-part naming system for organisms?
A) Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
B) War and Peace
C) Species Plantarum
D) The Lord of the Rings
  • 9. What is the highest level of classification in Linnaeus' system of taxonomy?
A) Species
B) Kingdom
C) Genus
D) Family
  • 10. What is the scientific term for the study of classification?
A) Geology
B) Meteorology
C) Taxonomy
D) Astronomy
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