CHILD DEVELOPMENT PEDAGOGY

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CLASSIFICATION OF ASSESSMENT

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who first proposed binomial nomenclature as a way of classifying organisms?
A
Carolus Linnaeus
B
Carl’s Jr.
C
Charles Darwin
D
Henry Groseclose
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Swedish naturalist and explorer Carolus Linnaeus was the first to frame principles for defining natural genera and species of organisms and to create a uniform system for naming them, known as binomial nomenclature.

Detailed explanation-2: -Carl Linnaeus, born 312 years ago today, was a Swedish biologist and physician who is known for the invention of Latin binomial nomenclature, popularly known as scientific names. This system amounts to a method for organizing and classifying plant and animal species.

Detailed explanation-3: -Carolus Linnaeus proposed the Binominal nomenclature system in 1753. Binominal was introduced in ‘Species Plantarum’ written by Linnaeus. Binominal nomenclature or binary nomenclature is a system of naming species used for identifying species.

Detailed explanation-4: -Carl Linnaeus is most famous for creating a system of naming plants and animals-a system we still use today. This system is known as the binomial system, whereby each species of plant and animal is given a genus name followed by a specific name (species), with both names being in Latin.

Detailed explanation-5: -Carolus Linnaeus, a Swedish Botanist of the 18th century, came up with a simple solution, the system of binomial nomenclature. As the name suggests, this system of naming consists of two words for each organism. The first word is the name of the genus, while the second word is the species.

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