5. Aristotle was the first to attempt to classify all the kinds of animals in his History of Animals. He grouped the types of creatures according to their similarities: animals with blood and animals without blood, animals that live on water and animals that live on land. His system of classification was not
evolutionary, and the various species on the ladder had no genetic relationship to each other. Aristotle regarded the essence of species as fixed and
unchanging, and this view persisted for the next two thousand years.
After Aristotle, there was great interest in naming these new species and fitting them into the existing classifications. Leading to new systems of
classification being developed by various scientists. One such system was developed by Carl Linnaeus. By the time Linnaeus was born, there were many
systems of botanical classification in use. This, in fact, was the problem - there were too many inconsistent systems, and the same plant might have
several different scientific names. He published his most innovative work as a young man in 1735- The System of Nature. The System of Nature is notable
for an overall framework of classification that organized all plants and animals from the level of kingdoms all the way down to species. This system of
classification, although greatly modified, is essentially the one we use today.
Which of the following statements best explains why the changes we have made in our scientific system of classification are important to the scientific
community?
There is a common understanding in the classification of organisms.
All scientist will have a common system for the classification of locations containing fossils.
All members of the community understand how other scientists classify predator-prey relationships.
All members of the scientific community will use a similar system to classify the impact of removing species from ecosystems.
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