The taxon ‘Division’ in plant taxonomy is used as a substitute for which of the following taxonomic categories in animal taxonomy?
1.
Phylum
2.
Class
3.
Order
4.
Family
The scientific term for biological classification categories is:
| 1. Species | 2. Taxon |
| 3. Phylum | 4. Domain |
Which of the following suffix is used to denote the taxon ‘family’ in taxonomy of plants?
| 1. | -ae | 2. | -opsida |
| 3. | -aceae | 4. | -ales |
The main difference between taxonomy and systematics is that:
| 1. | Taxonomy is involved in the naming and classification of organisms while systematics is involved in determining evolutionary relationships between organisms |
| 2. | Systematics is involved in the naming and classification of organisms while taxonomy is involved in determining evolutionary relationships between organisms |
| 3. | Taxonomy is not a true science and has largely been replaced with systematics |
| 4. | Systematics can be considered as a part of taxonomy |
Mammals living in a colder environment have:
1. Small body size
2. Low metabolic rate
3. Small appendage size
4. Less body fat
If two living animals belong to the same phylum, they must belong to the same:
| 1. | Class | 2. | Genus |
| 3. | Kingdom | 4. | Family |
Panthera tigris belongs to the Felidae family. What taxonomic category does Panthera represent?
| 1. | Species | 2. | Family |
| 3. | Genus | 4. | Order |
A store house of collected plant specimens that are dried, pressed and preserved on sheets is called as:
1. Herbarium
2. Monograph
3. Flora
4. Manual
The thermostat of human body is located in:
1. Hypothalamus
2. Cerebrum
3. Cerebellum
4. Thalamus
The species problem is the set of questions that arises when biologists attempt to define what a species is. One popular way to define species is the biological species concept. This definition breaks down in all the following situations except:
1. asexually reproducing single celled organisms
2. sexually reproducing multi cellular organisms
3. extinct life forms in paleontology
4. ring species
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