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Which of the following organic compounds is primarily responsible for long-term energy storage in living organisms?
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Which of the following statements best describes Linnaeus' method of classifying organisms?
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Linnaeus classified organisms based on their habitat and diet.
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Linnaeus used a binomial nomenclature system to classify organisms.
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Linnaeus classified organisms based on their evolutionary relationships.
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Linnaeus used genetic sequencing to classify organisms.
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Begin by understanding the historical context of Linnaeus' work. Carl Linnaeus was an 18th-century botanist who developed a system for naming and classifying organisms.
Recognize that Linnaeus' method is known as binomial nomenclature, which is a formal system of naming species of living things by giving each a name composed of two parts, both of which use Latin grammatical forms.
The first part of the name is the genus, which is capitalized, and the second part is the species, which is not capitalized. For example, in Homo sapiens, 'Homo' is the genus and 'sapiens' is the species.
Understand that Linnaeus' classification was based on morphological characteristics rather than genetic sequencing or evolutionary relationships, which were not known at the time.
Conclude that Linnaeus did not classify organisms based on habitat, diet, or genetic sequencing, but rather on a structured system of naming using binomial nomenclature.
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