Biodiversity Part 1

The variety of ecosystems and ecological processes in the biosphere is

• Genetic biodiversity

• Species biodiversity

• Ecosystem biodiversity

• Biodiversity

The variety of  number of species in an ecosystem or across the biosphere

• Genetic biodiversity

• Species biodiversity

• Ecosystem biodiversity

• Biodiversity

All organisms in Kingdom Monera share the following characteristics, EXCEPT

• Prokaryote

• Unicellular

• Cell wall made up of peptidoglycan

• Microscopic

Which of the following is not the basis for classification of kingdom into FIVE Kingdom system?

• Feeding modes

• Types of cells

• The organisation of the body of the organism

• The sequence of rRNA

What kind of evidence has recently made it necessary to assign the prokaryotes to either of two different domains, rather than assigning all prokaryotes to the same kingdom?

• mRNA

• rRNA genes

• morphological

• ecological

The best classification system is that which most closely _____.

• unites organisms that possess similar morphologies

• conforms to traditional, Linnaean taxonomic practices

• reflects evolutionary history

• reflects the basic separation of prokaryotes from eukaryotes

The scientific name of the mango is Mangifera indica. The scientific name is related to the following statement, EXCEPT

• The naming system was proposed by Carl Linnaeus

• This system provides a name with two component called binomial nomenclature

• Mangifera represent the genus, indica represent the class of the organism

• Mangifera represent the genus, indica represent the species of the organism

Which of the following is the basis for classification of living organisms into THREE Domain system?

• Feeding modes

• Types of cells

• The organisation of the body of the organism

• The sequence of rRNA

Class is a category between

• Kingdom and Phylum

• Phylum and Order

• Family and Genus

• Order and Species

From the FIVE Kingdoms system, prokaryotes was divided into Bacteria and Archaea by

• Robert H. Whittaker

• Carl Linnaeus

• Carl Woese

• Charles Darwin