Imagine you have been watching tv in a darkened room when someone suddenly turns on a bright light. describe the path of information that would travel between the brain, spinal cord, and sense organs and what the body's response might be. which of the following is the narrowest level of classification according to the linnaean system? domain family kingdom species in the year 1758, linneaus's system classified nature into animals, plants, and minerals. today we use the same system but classify only living matter. which characteristic of science does this highlight? ancient scientific knowledge was more reliable. new evidence modify scientific systems. scientists have failed to classify the living world. in science, minerals are a part of the living world.