WorksheetsTypes of Classification in Taxonomy
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
In which of the following classification, only morphological characters are used?
Phenetic classification
Natural classification
Phylogenetic or Cladistic classification
Evolutionary classification
What is OUT in taxonomy?
Oxygen Tolerance Unit
Operational Taxonomic Unit
Over to You
Operational Training Unit
The ------------ classification is based on the fewer or even a single arbitrary character.
Cladistic classification
Natural classification
Artificial classification
Evolutionary classification
The Natural classification was introduced by ----------------?
Mayer
Simpson
Ashlock
All of these
According to a natural classification, all members of particular group would have shared ------ ancestor.
Common
Uncommon
Rooted
None
----------------- of classification exhibit evolutionary relationships of entities.
Natural system
Phenetic system
Phylogenetic system
Artificial system
Pick the right sequence of taxonomic categories
division-class-family- genus-order- species
division- family-class- order-genus-species
division-class-order-family-genus-species
division-order-class-family-genus-species
The main purpose of the phylogenetic tree are:
It is used to study evolutionary histories.
It helps in the search for a new species.
It explains the evolutionary history of an organism.
All of the above.
Second last smallest taxon of classification is _______?
Species
Genus
Family
Order
If two organisms are in the same phylum, they must also be in the same?
Class
Kingdom
Class
Order
As we go from a species to kingdom, in a taxonomic hierarchy, the number of common characteristics ----------?
Will increase
Will decrease
Remain same
May increase or decreases
Genus represents?
An individual of Animal or Plant
A Collection of Animal or Plant
A group of closely related species of Animal and Plant
None of the above
Family is placed between?
Order & Genus
Genus and Family
Order & Class
Species & Genus
Mode of arranging organism into categories is called?
Identification
Nomenclature
Classification
Taxonomy
Basic unit of the classification is?
Genus
Class
Species
Order
Modern classification is based on?
Physiology
Fossils
Phylogeny
Morphology
Cladistic referred to?
Natural classification
Artificial classification
Phylogenetic classification
None of these
Which of the following is popular character-based methods in phylogenetics?
a) Maximum parsimony
b) Maximum likelihood
c) Both a & b
None of these
In ----------, all taxa are descended from a common ancestor that is not the ancestor of any other group.
Monophyletic
Paraphyletic
Polyphyletic
Out group
The whole concept of ------------- classification is based on Darwinism.
Natural
Artificial
Evolutionary
Phenetic
In this approach, an experienced taxonomist takes into account all the available features but decide to use only some readily available ones for classification.
Omnispective classification
Natural classification
Artificial classification
Phylogenetic classification
Which of the following classification is highly extensive practice which is being used by animal taxonomist.
Omnispective classification
Natural classification
Artificial classification
Phylogenetic classification
--------------- is the process of arranging various organisms into successive levels of the biological classification either in a decreasing or an increasing order from kingdom to species and vice versa.
Nomenclature
Taxonomic division
Taxonomic hierarchy
Documentation
All similar classes are included in ---------?
Order
Genus
Phylum
Family
Which one of the following is more specific?
Class
Species
Genus
Family
