Which of the following in a classification system is the smallest?
- Kingdoms
- Species
- Family
- Class
Species
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Exercise 9.1
Which Swedish botanist and physician named plants and animals in Latin?
- Casper Bauhin
- Aristotle
- Robert Whittaker
- Carolus Linnaeus
Carolus Linnaeus
The five kingdom classification system was suggested by:
- Whittaker
- Linnaeus
- Darwin
- Pasteur
Whittaker
The following example is the scientific name of a lion: Panthera leo. The first part of the scientific name represent the...
- Genus name
- Kingdom name
- Species name
- Family name
Genus name
Write down the correct biological term for the following descriptions.
Type of system by modifying many of the Latin descriptions to two words.
binomial nomenclature
Group of organisms which are able to interbreed and produce fertile offspring.
species
The scientific name of our human race.
Homo sapiens sapiens - (Answer must be underlined if handwritten)
The type of asexual reproduction in the Kingdom Monera.
binary fission
Highest grouping in a classification system.
Kingdom
Give the definition of the term Biodiversity.
Biodiversity is a term describing the entire range of plants and animals found in a particular area – it includes all forms of life in an area. Biodiversity can also be used to describe the degree of variation of life forms within a given species, ecosysytem, biome, or entire planet.
Tabulate three differences between prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
| PROKARYOTES | EUKARYOTES |
| small cells | large cells |
| unicellular or simple multicellular | often (but not always) multicellular |
| genetic material not contained within nucleus | genetic material membrane bound-usually within nucleus |
| simple membranous system with few organelles | distinct membrane-bound organelles |
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