Chapter 16 Plant Names and Classification

Chapter 16 Plant Names and Classification

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Multiple Choice Questions

1. The first person(s) of note to attempt to organize and classify plants was/were
   A.Linnaeus.
   B. Theophrastus.
   C. Aristotle.
   D. Plato.
   E. Hogg and Haeckel.

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2. In Linnaeus’ book, Species Plantarum, all known plants were
   A.classified according to their evolutionary relationships.
   B. arranged according to their families and orders.
   C. listed by their Latin phrase names, with abbreviated names in the margins.
   D. limited to three words or fewer per phrase.
   E. lumped into two large classes.

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3. In which century was Linnaeus’ Species Plantarum published?
   A.fourteenth
   B. sixteenth
   C. seventeenth
   D. eighteenth
   E. nineteenth

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4. In the thirteenth century A.D., features of stem structure were used to recognize the following two groups: ___________________.
   A. monocots and dicots
   B.  ferns and conifers
   C.  conifers and flowering plants
   D.  mosses and conifers
   E.  All of these answers are correct.

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5. Linnaeus was a professor of botany and medicine in
   A.Stockholm.
   B. Lund.
   C. Oslo.
   D. Uppsala.
   E. Gothenberg.