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What is biology?
What is biology?
- The science of life forms and living processes (correct)
- The worship of living organisms
- The study of inanimate matter
- The classification of life forms
Why did early man deify some inanimate matter and living organisms?
Why did early man deify some inanimate matter and living organisms?
- Due to the sense of awe or fear that they evoked (correct)
- To control natural elements
- Because they were powerful
- To understand their biological classification
What limited the progress in biological knowledge for societies with an anthropocentric view of biology?
What limited the progress in biological knowledge for societies with an anthropocentric view of biology?
- Biological descriptions of life forms
- Limited understanding of life forms (correct)
- Inability to classify organisms
- Anthropocentric worship practices
What brought about detailed systems of identification, nomenclature, and classification of life forms?
What brought about detailed systems of identification, nomenclature, and classification of life forms?
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What was the biggest spin-off of the systematic studies of life forms?
What was the biggest spin-off of the systematic studies of life forms?
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What is the science of life forms and living processes?
What is the science of life forms and living processes?
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Why did early man deify some inanimate matter and living organisms?
Why did early man deify some inanimate matter and living organisms?
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What did systematic description of life forms bring about?
What did systematic description of life forms bring about?
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What is the common feature of inanimate and animate objects that early man deified?
What is the common feature of inanimate and animate objects that early man deified?
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What could register limited progress in biological knowledge according to the text?
What could register limited progress in biological knowledge according to the text?
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