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

  • Genomics
  • Ecology
  • Biodiversity
  • Taxonomy (correct)
  • Who is regarded as the founder of the current system of taxonomy?

  • Charles Darwin
  • Alfred Russel Wallace
  • Carl Linnaeus (correct)
  • Gregor Mendel
  • What is the principal rank used in modern taxonomy that is sometimes used in botany in place of phylum?

  • Class
  • Family
  • Order
  • Division (correct)
  • What did Carl Linnaeus develop for categorizing organisms?

    <p>Linnaean taxonomy</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the core of the discipline of taxonomy?

    <p>The conception, naming, and classification of groups of organisms</p> Signup and view all the answers

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