Early Origins
He is known as the father of modern taxonomy.
Who is Carolus Linnaeus?
This phylum contains clams, oysters, barnacles, squids, and octopi.
What is Mollusk or Mollusca?
The term refers to the classification and naming of species.
What is taxonomy?
This Class is for the birds and the term refers to the principle of flight.
What is Aves?
This domain includes the pathogen which causes strep throat.
What is bacteria?
In ancient Greece, this person classified organisms by air, water and land dwellings.
Who is Aristotle?
The domain that represents extremophiles?
What is Archaea?
The "father of botany" was this Socratic successor.
Who is Theophrastus?
Plants, animals, protists and fungi are all included in this domain.
What is Eukarya?
This man gave us the word species.
Who is John Ray?
If you ever get a tapeworm, you'll have experience with this phylum.
What is platyhelminthes?
In 1813 he introduced the word "taxonomy".
Who is A.P. de Candolle