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General Botany (Systematics)

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

It is a branch of biology dealing with identification, naming, categorize and classifying the living organism.

a)

Systema Naturae

b)

Genetics

c)

Taxonomy

2.

Taxonomy in Greek means?

a)

Rendering of partners

b)

Rendering of order

c)

Rendering of classifications

3.

The word Systematics means?

a)

To put system

b)

To put in order

c)

To put together

4.

 Who wrote the book ‘Systema Naturae’ "Species Plantarum". Systematics may be defined as the systematic placing of organisms into groups or taxa on the basis of certain relationships between organisms.

a)

Carolus Linnaeus

b)

Anthony Van Leenwonhoek

c)

Karl Ereky

5.

Who known as Father of Taxonomy developed the Binomial System of nomenclature which is the current scientific system of naming the species.

a)

Carolus Linnaeus

b)

Anthony Van Leenwonhoek

c)

Karl Ereky

6.

He is Swiss-French botanist who coined the word Taxonomy, the science of naming and classifying of organisms.

 

a)

Carolus Linnaeus

b)

Pliny the Elder

c)

Augustin Pyramus de Candolle

7.

He is the Father of Zoology and Biology and he also categorized organisms into plants and animals and identified a few thousands or more of living organisms.

a)

William Harvey

b)

Aristotle

c)

Theophratus

8.

 

He is considered to be the Father of Modern Medicine because in his books, which are more than 70.

a)

Hippocrates

b)

Aristotle

c)

Alexander Fleming

9.

 

He is known as the 'Father of Botany', wrote many books, including the 10-volume set, Historia Plantarum ('Enquiry into Plants').

 

a)

Theophrastus

b)

Aristotle

c)

William Harvey

10.

He introduced the first artificial system of classification in his book ‘Historia Naturalis’ or "Natural History".

 

a)

Aristotle

b)

Carolus Linnaeus

c)

Pliny the Elder

11.

He coined the term 'species'  and was among the first to attempt a biological definition for the concept of species, as "As a group of morphologically similar organisms arising from a common ancestor"

a)

Carl Jhay

b)

John Ray

c)

John John

12.

He described in a scientific manner, many diseases and their treatment after detailed observation.

a)

William Harvey

b)

Hippocrates

c)

Charles Robert Darwin

13.

What is the basic unit of classification?

a)

Species

b)

Genes

c)

Kingdom

14.

The evolutionary history of a particular taxon like species is called _______. The classification based on the basis of evolution is called phylogenetic classification.

a)

Transformations

b)

Evolution

c)

Phylogeny

15.

Year 1758, he divided all the living organisms into 2 kingdoms

a)

R.H Whittaker

b)

Carolus Linnaeus

c)

Aristotle

16.

Year 1969 an american taxonomist divided all the living organisms into 5 kingdoms

a)

R.H Whittaker

b)

Carolus Linnaeus

c)

Karl Ereky

17.

This kingdom includes bacteria (Prokaryotes), photosynthetic plants and non-photosynthetic fungi.

a)

Kingdom Animalia

b)

Kingdom Plantae

c)

Kingdom Bacterium

18.

This kingdom includes unicellular protozoans and multi-cellular animals or

metazoans.

a)

Kingdom Animalia

b)

Kingdom Plantae

c)

Kingdom Bacterium

19.

This kingdom includes all prokaryotic organisms i.e. mycoplasma, bacteria, actinomycetes(filamentous bacteria) and cyanobacteria (blue green Algae).

a)

Kingdom Protista

b)

Kingdom Prokaryotes

c)

Kingdom Fungi

20.

This kingdom includes eukaryotic unicellular mostly aquatic cells.

a)

Kingdom Protista

b)

Kingdom Prokaryotes

c)

Kingdom Fungi

21.

This kingdom includes molds, mushrooms, toad stools, puffballs and bracket

fungi. They have eukaryotic cell organization.

a)

Kingdom Protista

b)

Kingdom Prokaryotes

c)

Kingdom Fungi

22.

It includes all multi-cellular plants of land and water. Major groups of Algae, Bryophytes, Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms and Angiosperms belong to this kingdom.

a)

Kingdom Plantae

b)

Kingdom Animalia

c)

Kingdom Protista

23.

 

This kingdom includes all multi-cellular eukaryotic organisms. They are also referred to as metazoans.

a)

Kingdom Plantae

b)

Kingdom Animalia

c)

Kingdom Protista