The first attempt to 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . and name living organisms datesback to ancient Greece, when Aristotle and his student Theophrastusdivided 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. Check words: classify, attributes, equate to, vertebrate, invertebrate, optical lens, taxonomists, binomial, genus, invalid, harbour