Science Exam Reviewer 1

The best calculation of all species on Earth is about 8.7 million, of which _____million are terrestrial and ____million are aquatic.

• 6.5, 2.2

• 6.4, 2.3

The field of biology that deals with the process of identifying, naming, and classifying organisms.

• Taxonomy

• Microbiology

Taxonomy is derived from the Greek word taxis, which means _______and nomos, which means ______.

• arrangement,laws

• physical,laws

He is a Greek philosopher and the father of biology.He classified organisms into those with red blood and those without.

• Carolus Linnaeus

• Aristotle

A Swedish botanist and the father of taxonomy during the eighteenth century.

• Aristotle

• Carolus Linnaeus

Linnaeus published his influential book ______, in which he outlined his scheme of classifying all known and unknown organisms based on their similarities.

• Systema Naturae

• On the origin of Species

It is the highest level in the Linnaean system.

• Kingdom

• Species

It is the most specific unit of classification and the basic unit of identification.

• Families

• Species

It indicates a level below the phylum category but above the class level.

• Superclass

• Subphylum

It indicates a level above the class category.

• Subphylum

• Superclass