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