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