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Multiple choice botany why classification? modern classification system traditional method of animal classification salient features of five kingdoms classification hierarchy hierarchy of classification

For identifying organisms through key usually.

  1. Two contrasting characters are used

  2. One similar character is studied

  3. Two are more similar characters are used

  4. Only one statement called lead is used
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

A taxonomic key works by presenting a series of choices between two contrasting characters (couplets) to identify an organism.

Multiple choice botany why classification? modern classification system traditional method of animal classification salient features of five kingdoms classification hierarchy hierarchy of classification

Algae, green plants and photosynthetic bacteria are:

  1. Autotrophic organisms

  2. Heterotrophic

  3. Decomposers

  4. Consumers
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Autotrophic organisms are those that can produce their own food using light (photosynthesis) or chemical energy.

Multiple choice botany why classification? modern classification system traditional method of animal classification salient features of five kingdoms classification hierarchy hierarchy of classification

Virus belongs to the kingdom ___________.

  1. Protista

  2. Monera

  3. Animalia

  4. None of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Five kingdom classification was given by R.H. Whittaker. Classification of viruses has always been difficult as they are said to be threshold of life. Thus viruses did not find any position in five kingdom classification.

Multiple choice botany why classification? modern classification system traditional method of animal classification salient features of five kingdoms classification hierarchy hierarchy of classification

First step in taxonomy is?

  1. Description of the organism

  2. Identification of the organism

  3. Nomenclature of the organism

  4. Classification of the organism
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

First step is taxonomy is identification of the organism. Identification is the finding of correct name and place of an organism according to some approved system of classification.

Multiple choice botany why classification? modern classification system traditional method of animal classification salient features of five kingdoms classification hierarchy hierarchy of classification

Choose the correct answers from the alternatives given.
The struggle for existence is a consequence of

  1. each organism leaving more offspring than needed to replace itself

  2. the inevitable difficulty of coping with climatic conditions

  3. innate competitive tendencies

  4. territories and dominance hierarchies
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Darwin's concept of the struggle for existence is driven by the fact that populations produce more offspring than the environment can support, leading to competition for limited resources.

Multiple choice botany why classification? modern classification system traditional method of animal classification salient features of five kingdoms classification hierarchy hierarchy of classification

The basic unit upon which the systems of classification are based is?

  1. Species

  2. Genus

  3. Order

  4. Family
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A Correct answer
Explanation

According to Linnaeus' system, each species is given a unique, two-part name called a binomen. Each binomen consists of a genus and species epithet. The species is the basic unit of classification and the only 'natural' one.
Correct option is option A.

Multiple choice biology living world and classification of microbes modern classification system traditional method of animal classification salient features of five kingdoms classification hierarchy hierarchy of classification

Which one of the following does not find a heterotrophs place in five kingdom system of classification?

  1. Bacteria

  2. Lichens

  3. Cyanobacteria

  4. Viruses
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Viruses are considered to be acellular as they do not have a defined cell wall, cell membrane, nucleus or nucleoid, cytoplasm and cellular organelles. For this reason, they cannot perform their metabolic activities on their own and are obligately dependent on the host cell machinery. Therefore, they do not find a place in the five-kingdom classification system. 

A. Bacteria are classified under Kingdom Monera as they have a prokaryotic cell.
B. Lichens are grouped under Kingdom Fungi.
C. Cyanobacteria are photosynthetic prokaryotes grouped under Kingdom Monera.
D. No kingdom is ascribed to the viruses.
Hence, the correct answer is 'Viruses'

Multiple choice biology systematics of living world modern classification system traditional method of animal classification salient features of five kingdoms

Living things are divided into .......... kingdoms.

  1. 4

  2. 3

  3. 5

  4. 2
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation
Very early on, scientists began grouping the living organisms under different categories. Some biologists classified organisms into plants and animals. Ernst Haeckel, Robert Whittaker, and Carl Woese are some biologists who attempted a broader system of classification. Amongst these, the Five Kingdom Classification proposed by Robert Whittaker stood out and is widely used. It consists of  Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae and Animalia
So, the correct answer is '5'
Multiple choice biology systematics of living world modern classification system traditional method of animal classification salient features of five kingdoms

The classification given by Whittaker includes which of the following kingdoms?

  1. Monera

  2. Protista

  3. Animalia

  4. All of the above
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The correct answer is 'all of the above'

The classification by Robert Whittaker divides the living world into 5 kingdoms which are Monera,Protista,Plantae,Animalia and Fungi.