Classification and taxonomy

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AQA A-Level Biology Species and taxonomy Classification and taxonomy

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Question 1 of 34

1. Question
What is a binomial system?
- System that uses genus name and the species name when naming organisms
- System that uses family name and the order when naming organisms
- System that uses genus name and the class when naming organisms
- System that uses species name and the kingdom when naming organisms
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Question 2 of 34

2. Question
What is classification?
- Process of placing living things into groups
- Process of placing organisms into kingdoms
- Process of naming living organisms
- Process of placing living organisms into domains
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Question 3 of 34

3. Question
How many taxonomic levels are there?
- 8
- 6
- 10
- 7
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Question 4 of 34

4. Question
How many domains are there?
- 3
- 2
- 5
- 4
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Question 5 of 34

5. Question
Which of the following is not a kingdom?
- Archaea
- Fungi
- Protoctista
- Animalia
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Question 6 of 34

6. Question
Which of the following is a kingdom that consists of single-celled organisms that do not possess a nucleus?
- Prokaryote
- Protoctista
- Fungi
- Animalia
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Question 7 of 34

7. Question
Which of the following best describes a phylum?
- Groups of organisms that share a body plan that is radically different from other groups of organisms
- A group of closely related genera
- Subdivision of kingdom giving more information
- A group of organisms that possess the same traits
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Question 8 of 34

8. Question
Which of the following best describes a class?
- A group of organisms within a phylum that possess the same traits
- Groups of organisms that share a body plan that is radically different from other groups of organisms
- Subdivision of kingdom giving more information
- A group of closely related genera
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Question 9 of 34

9. Question
What is an order?
- A subdivision of class using additional information
- A group of organisms that possess the same general traits
- A group of closely related genera
- All groups of organisms that possess the same body plan
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Question 10 of 34

10. Question
What is a family?
- A group of closely related genera
- A subdivision of the class using additional information
- A group of organisms that possess the same general traits
- Subdivision of kingdom giving more information
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Question 11 of 34

11. Question
What is a genus?
- A group of closely related species
- A group of closely related genera
- Subdivision of kingdom giving more information
- A group of organisms that possess the same general traits
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Question 12 of 34

12. Question
What is a species?
- The basic unit of classification
- A group of closely related species
- All groups of organisms that possess the same body plan
- Subdivision of kingdom giving more information
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Question 13 of 34

13. Question
Which is the correct taxonomic rank order?
- Domain, Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
- Order, Family, Species, Phylum, Kingdom, Domain
- Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species, Domain
- Genus, Order, Species, Kingdom, Phylum, Domain, Class
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Question 14 of 34

14. Question
Which of the following best describes why a spider is not an insect?
- It does not have six legs, wings or three body sections
- It has more than two legs and has fur
- It does not have less than 6 legs
- It has two body sections fur
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Question 15 of 34

15. Question
Which two taxonomic ranks are used in the binomial system?
- Genus and species
- Domain and kingdom
- Family and genus
- Phylum and species
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Question 16 of 34

16. Question
Which of the following is the best reason why common names not used in classification?
- Different languages may have different names
- They're too simple
- They're easy to confuse
- They can be mistaken easily
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Question 17 of 34

17. Question
What is the genus of a wolf (Canis lupus)?
- Canis
- lupus
- Animalia
- Eukaryota
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Question 18 of 34

18. Question
What is the species of a chimpanzee (Pan troglodytes)?
- troglodytes
- Pan
- chimpanzee
- Mammalia
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Question 19 of 34

19. Question
Why is Latin used in the binomial system?
- It's a universal language
- It's easy to learn
- It's close to English
- It's easy to pronounce
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Question 20 of 34

20. Question
Who made the earliest known attempts at classification?
- Aristotle
- Darwin
- Mendel
- Malpighi
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Question 21 of 34

21. Question
Which of the following descriptions fits a member of the Plantae?
- Eukaryote, multicellular, cells surrounded in cellulose wall, autotrophic
- Eukaryote, heterotrophic, able to move around
- Eukaryote, cell walls of chitin, free living and saprophytic
- No nucleus, free living or parasitic, naked DNA, smaller ribosomes
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Question 22 of 34

22. Question
Which of these descriptions fits a Prokaryote?
- No nucleus, free living or parasitic, naked DNA, smaller ribosomes
- Eukaryote, mostly single-celled, mostly free living
- Eukaryote, multicellular, cells surrounded in cellulose wall, autotrophic
- Eukaryote, cell walls of chitin, free living and saprophytic
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Question 23 of 34

23. Question
Which of these descriptions fits a member of the Animalia?
- Eukaryote, heterotrophic, able to move around
- Eukaryote, cell walls of chitin, free living and saprophytic
- No nucleus, free living or parasitic, naked DNA, smaller ribosomes
- Eukaryote, multicellular, cells surrounded in cellulose wall, autotrophic
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Question 24 of 34

24. Question
Which of these descriptions fits fungi?
- Eukaryote, cell walls of chitin, free living and saprophytic
- Eukaryote, heterotrophic, able to move around
- No nucleus, free living or parasitic, naked DNA, smaller ribosomes
- Eukaryote, multicellular, cells surrounded in cellulose wall, autotrophic
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Question 25 of 34

25. Question
Which of these descriptions fits protoctista?
- Eukaryote, show various plant and animal like features, may be heterotrophic or autotrophic
- No nucleus, free living or parasitic, naked DNA, smaller ribosomes
- Eukaryote, mostly single-celled, mostly free living
- Eukaryote, cell walls of chitin, free living and saprophytic
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Question 26 of 34

26. Question
What kingdom does a frog belong to?
- Animalia
- Protoctista
- Fungi
- Amphibia
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Question 27 of 34

27. Question
What kingdom does a paramecium belong to?
- Protoctista
- Archaea
- Fungi
- Prokaryote
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Question 28 of 34

28. Question
What kingdom does mould belong to?
- Fungi
- Prokaryote
- Protoctista
- Animalia
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Question 29 of 34

29. Question
What were the two kingdoms that all organisms were originally grouped into?
- Plants and animals
- Animals and prokaryotes
- Prokaryotes and eukaryotes
- Protoctista
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Question 30 of 34

30. Question
Which of the following decriptions compares a prokaryote to protoctista?
- One has no nucleus, the other does
- One is autotrophic, one is heterotrophic
- One is free-living, the other is parasitic
- Once contains chlorophyll, the other contains ribosomes
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Question 31 of 34

31. Question
Which of these descriptions compares a plant to a fungi?
- One is autotophic, one is heterotrophic
- One contains chlorophyll, the other contains ribosomes
- One is multicellular, the other is unicellular
- One has no membrane-bound organelles, the other has them
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Question 32 of 34

32. Question
What was early classification based on?
- Appearance and anatomy
- Appearance and food source
- Growth pattern and niche
- Niche and anatomy
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Question 33 of 34

33. Question
How might birds and insects best be classified together?
- Both may be able to fly
- Both can move
- Both are free-living
- Both have nuclei
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Question 34 of 34

34. Question
Why can fungi be difficult to classify?
- They have a range of features that do not fit standard classification systems
- They're poisonous and so difficult to research
- They have no distinct features
- They're very rare
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