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