WORLD HISTORY

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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
How did the philosopher Aristotle affect the modern study of plants and animals?
A
He invented a machine for measuring growth
B
He created a system to divide them into groups
C
He discovered that the heart pumps blood through the body
D
He suggested cutting people open to see how the body works.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Aristotle’s’ zoology and the classification of species was his greatest contribution to the history of biology, the first known attempt to classify animals into groups according to their behavior and, most importantly, by the similarities and differences between their physiologies.

Detailed explanation-2: -Aristotle developed the first system of classification of animals. He based his classification system off of observations of animals, and used physical characteristics to divide animals into two groups, and then into five genera per group, and then into species within each genus.

Detailed explanation-3: -Aristotle’s Main Contributions. Aristotle is known for inventing the scientific method of analysis, which can be applied to multiple fields of study. He also is responsible for breaking fields of knowledge into categories and subcategories, such as psychology, biology, politics, logic, chemistry, and botany.

Detailed explanation-4: -He originated the theory that an organism develops gradually from undifferentiated material, later called epigenesis. Aristotle was born in 384 BCE in Stagira, a coastal town in the Chalcidice peninsula of northern Greece.

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