Complete the summary. Use words from the Check these words box. The first attempt to 1) and name living organisms dates
back to ancient Greece, when Aristotle and his student Theophrastus
divided animals and plants according to their 2)
such
as being a(n) 3) or a(n) 4)
The
invention of
the 5)
lens some centuries later led to
more detailed observation of organisms during the Renaissance period.
Using the work of Renaissance 6)
as a foundation,
Carl Linnaeus introduced a standardised 7) naming
system for all species, whereby the name of each is made up of the
8) and a unique name.