Biology
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Medium
Question
The term biology was introduced in __________ in 1800?
A
Germany
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B
Turkey
C
Italy
D
Japan
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A
Germany
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B
Turkey
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C
Italy
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D
Japan
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Explanation
The term 'biology' came into use around 1800, with German naturalists such as Karl Friedrich Burdach among the first to use it for the science of living organisms; it was later popularized by Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus and Jean-Baptiste Lamarck.