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What is the scientific study of naming, defining, and classifying groups of biological organisms based on shared characteristics called?

  • Systematics
  • Ecology
  • Biology
  • Taxonomy (correct)

What is the singular form of the word 'taxa'?

  • Taxum
  • Taxonus
  • Taxon (correct)
  • Taxi

Which scientist is regarded as the founder of the current system of taxonomy?

  • Louis Pasteur
  • Charles Darwin
  • Carl Linnaeus (correct)
  • Gregor Mendel

What is the principal rank used in modern taxonomy that is sometimes replaced by 'division' in botany?

<p>Phylum (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Carl Linnaeus develop for categorizing organisms and naming them?

<p>Linnaean taxonomy and binomial nomenclature (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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