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What was Aristotle's contribution to classification?
What was Aristotle's contribution to classification?
- He distinguished between eukaryotes and prokaryotes
- He classified plants into trees, shrubs, and herbs based on morphological characters (correct)
- He developed the Two Kingdom system of classification
- He classified animals based on their habitat
What was the limitation of Linnaeus' Two Kingdom system of classification?
What was the limitation of Linnaeus' Two Kingdom system of classification?
- It did not distinguish between plants and animals
- It did not distinguish between unicellular and multicellular organisms
- It did not distinguish between photosynthetic and non-photosynthetic organisms
- It did not distinguish between eukaryotes and prokaryotes (correct)
What is the difference between the classification systems developed by Aristotle and Linnaeus?
What is the difference between the classification systems developed by Aristotle and Linnaeus?
- Aristotle developed the Two Kingdom system of classification, while Linnaeus used simple morphological characters to classify plants and animals (correct)
- Aristotle classified plants and animals based on habitat, while Linnaeus classified them based on morphological characters
- Aristotle distinguished between eukaryotes and prokaryotes, while Linnaeus did not
- Aristotle classified plants into trees, shrubs, and herbs based on morphological characters, while Linnaeus classified them based on their size
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