NEET BIOLOGY

GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

EVOLUTION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which of the following has caused our system of classification of living organisms to change in recent years?
A
Political pressure from governments
B
Change in language to make it easier to understand
C
Technological improvements in microscopy and biochemistry
D
Discovery of dinosaur fossils
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Reasons: New organisms are constantly being discovered and for classifying them, the new system needs to be used. This is why the new classification system is constantly developed to classify the organisms based on the similarity in characters.

Detailed explanation-2: -The rapid increase in the number of known organisms prompted many attempts at classifying and organizing species into taxonomic groups, culminating in the system of the Swedish naturalist Carl Linnaeus.

Detailed explanation-3: -Answer and Explanation: Microscopes effected the science of the classification of organisms-in that with microscopy, biologists have been better able to view microorganisms (such like bacteria and protists) and classify them accordingly, based on cell structure and function.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the 18th century, Carl Linnaeus published a system for classifying living things, which has been developed into the modern classification system.

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