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Classification of living organisms
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15 AQA GCSE Biology questions on Classification of living organisms, each with instant feedback and a full examiner-style mark scheme.

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Question 1 · 1 mark · Difficulty 2/3

The system of classifying organisms into kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus and species was developed by:

  1. Carl Linnaeus
  2. Charles Darwin
  3. Louis Pasteur
  4. Isaac Newton
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✓ Answer: ACarl Linnaeus
Carl Linnaeus developed the system of grouping organisms into a hierarchy and the two-part naming system.
Question 2 · 1 mark · Difficulty 2/3

In the binomial naming system, an organism is named using its:

  1. Genus and species
  2. Kingdom and phylum
  3. Class and order
  4. Family and genus
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✓ Answer: AGenus and species
The binomial system names each organism by its genus (capitalised) and species, e.g. Homo sapiens.
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