Andrew's Lectures

Question 1

What are the main categories of life?

Answer 1

• Eubacteria
• Archae
• Eukaryotes

Question 2

Who is the ‘father of taxonomy’?

Answer 2

Carolus Linnaeus

Question 3

What is the classification of life?

Answer 3

• Domain - Eukarya
• Kingdom - Animalia
• Phylum - Chortada
• Class - Mammalia
• Order - Primates
• Family - Hominidae
• Genus - Homo
• Species - Sapien

Question 4

what is mutation?

Answer 4

Damage to DNA or mistakes made during replication

Question 5

What is reproductive isolation?

Answer 5

Two populations develop differences in reproductive organs or in sperm-ovum recognition (prevents successful fertilisation)

Question 6

What is behavioural isolation?

Answer 6

Two populations that are capable of interbreeding develop differences in courtship rituals or other behaviours

Question 7

What is temporal isolation?

Answer 7

Two populations reproduce at different times

Question 8

What are animals also known as?

Answer 8

Meta is

Question 9

What is a heterotroph?

Answer 9

Depend on other organisms directly or indirectly for food

Question 10

How many phyla does the animal kingdom have?

Answer 10

36 (800,000 species identified)

Question 11

Classification of common oak

Answer 11

Kingdom - Plantae
Unranked - Angiosperm
Unranked - Eudicots
Unranked - Rosids 
Order - Fagales 
Family - Fagacea
Genus - Quercus 
Section - Quercus 
Species - Q. Robur