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Lesson: Chapter 13 — The Living World

13.1. Why we classify living things 1 of 8

Question 1

About how many species are thought to live on Earth today?

The right answer is the one marked above.

8.7 million. That is a count of species, not of individual organisms.

3.6 billion is the number of years since life arose, not a number of species — confusing the two is the trap here.

Answer the question to continue.