Introduction to biodiversity

The science of naming, describing, and classifying organisms and includes all plants, animals and microorganisms of the world is called________

Who first proposed binomial nomenclature as a way of classifying organisms?

• Carolus Linnaeus
• Aristotle
• Charles Darwin
• Louis Pasteur

Which of the following is correctly written in the binomial nomenclature system?

• Red wolf

• Canis lupus

• Ailurus Fulgens

• Kingdom

Which of the following taxa contains the most members?

• order

• species

• phylum

• class

In classification, a species is defined as

• the most general taxon of the classification system.

• a group with similar physical characteristics.

• the commonly used name for an organism.

• a group of organisms that can breed and produce offspring.

Which of the following is the correct hierarchical order (from most broad to most narrow)?

• Species, Genus, Family, Order

• Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order

• Domain, Species, Phylum, Class

• Family, Class, Genus, Species

Almost all bacteria are...

• Unicellular
• Multicellular

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What is taxonomy?

• Science of conserving biodiversity.

• Science of comparing macro molecules.

• Science of naming, describing and classifying organisms

• Science of creating new species.

Which statements are true about taxonomic hierarchy

• The broadest taxon is phylum

• Order is a taxon within a class and it consists of several families

• Different organisms within a class are from the same family

• Different organisms within an order may belong to different classes

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Choose the correct order

• Genus > Species > Order > Class > Family > Phylum > Kingdom > Domain

• Kingdom > Domain > Phylum > Class > Order > Family > Genus > Species

• Kingdom > Domain > Phylum > Class > Order > Family > Species > Genus

• Domain > Kingdom > Phylum > Class > Order > Family > Genus > Species