An experimental study is conducted to determine whether or not a new drug reduces high blood pressure. the change in systolic and diastolic blood pressure values of the participants represents

Dependent Variable

Explanation:

An experiment has dependent and independent variables. The dependent variable is the one that is being studied and responds to the independent variable.

In the given experiment, the effect of a new drug is being studied on blood pressure. Here, the blood pressure (systolic and diastolic blood pressure) is supposed to change in response to drug treatment.

So, blood pressure is a "dependent variable" while the drug treatment is "independent variable".  

linnaeus is the father of taxonomy

explanation:

which is the system of classifying and naming organisms. one of his contributions was the development of a hierarchical system of classification of nature. today, this system includes eight taxa: domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, and species.