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Multiple choice biology biodiversity and classification animal classification and its benefits criteria for new system of classification five kingdoms of living organisms

Which of the following is correct matching set of Phylum and its three examples?

  1. Annelid - Nereis, Pheretima and Apis

  2. Echinodermata - Ophiura, Antedon and Cucumaria

  3. Mollusca - Dentalium, Pinctada, Hirudinaria

  4. Aschelminthes - Ancylosytoma, Wuchereria and Asterias
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation
  • Ophiura or the serpent star is a species of the brittle star in the order Ophiurida belonging to the phylum Echinodermata and class Ophiuroidea.
  • Antedon is a genus of free-swimming, stemless crinoids belonging to the phylum Echinodermata and class Crinoidea.
  • Cucumaria is a genus of sea cucumbers belonging to the phylum Echinodermata and class Holothuroidea.
  • Hence Echinodermata - Ophiura, Antedon, and Cucumaria is a correct matching set of Phylum and its three examples.
  • So, the correct answer is 'Echinodermata - Ophiura, Antedon, and Cucumaria'.
Multiple choice biology biodiversity and classification animal classification and its benefits criteria for new system of classification five kingdoms of living organisms

Which of the following characteristics does no species of animals posses during some phase of its life cycle?

  1. Mobility

  2. Autotrophy

  3. Responsiveness

  4. Metabolism
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Autotrophy is the ability of organisms to synthesise their own food from inorganic materials using light or chemical energy. This is seen in all green plants, some bacteria and algae. Animals, however, have a heterotrophic mode of nutrition. They acquire their food from other organisms. Animals, therefore, do not show autotrophy. 

So, the correct option is 'Autotrophy'.

Multiple choice biology biodiversity and classification animal classification and its benefits criteria for new system of classification five kingdoms of living organisms

The branches Radiata and Bilateria of the Eumctazoa both exhibit:

  1. cephalization

  2. dominance of diploid life stage

  3. a complete digestive tract with separate mouth and anus

  4. three germ layers in embryonic development
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Multicellular animals have a dominant diploid life cycle (diplontic cycle) with the haploid generation reduced to the egg and sperm. The branches Radiata and Bilateria both include multicellular organisms, with Bilaterians a step more advanced than Radiata in multicellular complexity. Therefore both exhibit a diploid dominant life cycle. 

So, the correct option is 'dominance of the diploid life stage'.

Multiple choice biology biodiversity and classification animal classification and its benefits criteria for new system of classification five kingdoms of living organisms

The subkingdom Parazoa consists of:

  1. radially symmetrical sponges, jellyfishes, and their relatives

  2. only animals that do not feed by ingestion

  3. animals with protostome-type development

  4. animals lacking tissues and organs
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The subkingdom Parazoa includes multicellular organisms having less-specialized cells than in the Metazoa. It includes the phylum Porifera (sponges) and the organisms under this phylum lack tissues with a mass of cell embedded in a gelatinous matrix. Jellyfishes belong to the phylum Cnidaria and they do not belong to this subkingdom. 

So, the correct option is 'animals lacking tissues and organs'.

Multiple choice biology biodiversity and classification animal classification and its benefits criteria for new system of classification five kingdoms of living organisms

The word 'acellular' was given by

  1. Dobell

  2. H. J. clarck

  3. Leder mullar

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

Acellular word was given by Dobell and Hyman. Acellular is described as tissues or organisms that are not made up of separate cells but often have more than one nucleus and made up of proteins e.g., virus. Hence option A is correct.

Multiple choice biology biodiversity and classification animal classification and its benefits criteria for new system of classification five kingdoms of living organisms

Who divided animals into 'enaima' and 'anaima'?

  1. Aristotle

  2. Linnaeus

  3. Cuvier

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

Aristotle classified the animals into two groups, 'Anima' (animals with no red blood, invertebrates) and 'Enaima' (animals with red blood, vertebrates). 'Enaima' was further divided into 'Ovipara' and 'vivipara'. 

Multiple choice biology biodiversity and classification animal classification and its benefits criteria for new system of classification five kingdoms of living organisms

Which one of the following animal is not deuterostome?

  1. Ambystoma

  2. Amphilina

  3. Anguilla

  4. Amphiuma
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

Deuterostomes are groups of animals that have true body cavities, in which the anus develops from the first opening in the embryo and the mouth develops later. All chordates are deuterostomes.

Ambystoma are a group of salamanders endemic to North America.
Anguilla is a species of eel, a snake-like, catadromous fish.

Amphiuma is a genus of aquatic salamanders. Therefore they all are deuterostomes.

Amphilina are platyhelminthes, which are parasitic in the body cavity of sturgeons. Therefore Amphilina is not a deuterostome. Hence, option B is correct.

Multiple choice biology biodiversity and classification animal classification and its benefits criteria for new system of classification five kingdoms of living organisms

Organisms in the kingdom Animalia are 

  1. Multicellular and heterotrophic

  2. Multicellular and autotrophic

  3. Unicellular and autotrophic

  4. Unicellular and heterotrophic
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Animals are multicellular, eukaryotic organisms. All animals are heterotrophs, i.e., they can not synthesize their own food and depend on other organism for food.

Multiple choice biology biodiversity and classification animal classification and its benefits criteria for new system of classification five kingdoms of living organisms

Which of the following is related to the heterotroph hypothesis?

  1. Anaerobic and aerobic organisms evolved simultaneously

  2. Photosynthetic autotrophs evolved first since they required only energy from the sun and simple molecules from the environment

  3. Autotrophs evolved before a carbon source was made available

  4. Anaerobic heterotrophs evolved first

  5. Chemosynthesis was critical to the evolution of heterotrophic organisms
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Heterotrophs are organisms that obtain their food from other organisms as they cannot produce their own food. In food chains, they are usually secondary or tertiary consumers. The heterotroph hypothesis states that the first living organism was a heterotroph. It also assumed that the anaerobic heterotrophs evolved first.

So, the correct answer is 'Anaerobic heterotrophs evolved first'.

Multiple choice biology biodiversity and classification animal classification and its benefits criteria for new system of classification five kingdoms of living organisms

Match the columns

Column I Column II
(a) Protozoa 1. Pennatula
(b) Aschelminthes 2. Beroe
(c) Porifera 3. Monocystis
(d) Ctenophora 4. Wuchereria
(e) Cnidaria 5. Cliona

  1. a-3, b-5, c-4, d-1, e-2

  2. a-4, b-3, c-5, d-2, e-1

  3. a-3, b-4, c-5, d-2, e-1

  4. a-2, b-4, c-5, d-3, e-1

  5. a-3, b-4, c-5, d-1, e-2
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Pennatula (sea fan) belongs to the Phylum Cnidaria and class Anthozoa. Beroe (comb jelly) belongs to the phylum Ctenophora. Monocystis belongs to the phylum Protozoa and class Telospora. Wuchereria belongs to Aschelminthes. Cliona belongs to the Porifera phylum and class demospongiae. 

So, the correct answer 'a-3, b-4, c-5, d-2, e-1'.