Classification of Living Things

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What is the arrangement of things in groups of similar items called?

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Classification

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What do scientists classify to describe what they are like and how they relate to other organisms? Options: Living things, Inanimate objects, Natural phenomena, Chemical elements

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Living things

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How many million kinds of living things have been discovered and named so far?

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2 and 3

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How many million different kinds of living things do scientists estimate there may be?

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10

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What could scientists not share about all these organisms without a system of classifying? Options: Information, Data, Knowledge, Facts

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Information

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What is the best classification system for scientists?

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One that allows identification and interpretation

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Who developed one of the first systems for classifying organisms?

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Aristotle

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How many different kinds of living things were recognized at the time Aristotle developed his system?

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1000

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What happened to Aristotle's system as scientists learned more?

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It became less accurate

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What is the current classification system for scientists?

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The Linnaean classification system