Biological Classification Flashcards
Who was the earliest to attempt a more scientific basis for classification and used simple morphological characters to classify plants?
Aristotle
On the basis of which characters Aristotle classified plants into trees, shrubs and herbs?
Simple morphological characters
Name of the two kingdoms that were developed during Linnaeus time
Plantae and Animalia
Who proposed the five kingdom classification system?
R-H Whittaker
Name the five kingdoms defined by the Whittaker-
Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae and Animalia
Sole members of Kingdom Monera are
Bacteria
Most abundant micro-organisms are
Bacteria
Spherical shaped bacteria are grouped under which category?
Coccus
Rod-shaped bacteria are under which category?
Bacillus
Comma-shaped bacteria are grouped under which category?
Vibrium(pl.:vibrio)
Spiral-shaped bacteria are grouped under which category?
Spirillium
Compared to many other organisms, which group show the most extensive metabolic diversity?
Bacteria
Archaebacteria that live in the salty areas are known as
halophiles
Archaebacteria that live in the hot springs are known as
thermoacidophiles
Archaebacteria that live in the marshy areas are known as
methanogens
Methanogens are reponsible for the production of which gas?
Methane (biogas)
The eubacteria are also referred as blue green algae
Cyanobacteria
Which chlorophyll pigment is present in cyanobacteria for photosynthesis
Chlorophyll a
Some of blue green algae can fix atmospheric nitrogen in specialised cells called
Heterocyst
The colonies of cyanobacteria are generally surrounded by
gelatinous/ mucilagnous sheath
Examples of blue-green algae that can fix atmospheric nitrogen
Nostoc and Anabaena
Bacteria that oxidise various inorganic substances such as nitrates, nitrites and ammonia
Chemosynthetic autotrophic
Bacteria which play an important role in recycling nutrients, phosphorus, iron and sulphur
Chemosynthetic autotrophic
The bacteria that are used in making curd from milk, production of antibiotics and fixing nitrogen in legume roots is called
Heterotrophic bacteria
Cholera, typhoid, tetanus, citrus canker are well known diseases caused by
Bacteria
Bacteria reproduce mainly by
fission
Under unfavourable conditions, bacteria produce
spores
Bacteria that completely lack cell wall is
Mycoplasma
Smallest living cells known and can survive without oxygen is
Mycoplasma
Under which kingdom all single-celled eukaryotes are placed
Protista
Which group includes diatoms and golden algae(desmids) ?
Chryosphytes
The cell wall forms two thin overlapping shells, which fit together as in a soap box is known as
Diatoms
____ are the chief producers in the oceans
Diatoms
Two flagella; one lies longitudinal and other transversely in a furrow between the wall plates is present in
Dinoflagellates
Red dinoflagellates that undergo rapid multiplication and make the sea appear red(red tides)-
Gonyaulax
Instead of cell wall, euglenoids have a protein rich layer called
Pellicle
Which protista group when deprived of sunlight behave like heterotrophs by predating on other smaller organisms-
Euglenoids
Pigments of ____ are identical to those present in higher plants -
Euglenoids
Under suitable conditions, slime moulds form an aggregation called
Plasmodium
Which protista group is primitive relatives of animals ?
Protozoans
Entamoeba is which type of Protozoan?
Amoeboid protozoans
Amoeboid protozoans move and capture their prey by putting out
pseudopodia
Example of flagellated protozoan is
Trypanosoma
Example of ciliated protozoan is
Paramoecium
Example of sporozoan that is malarial parasite is
Plasmodium
Name the unicellular fungi which is used to make bread and beer
Yeast
Which rust-causing fungi is known as
Puccinia
Examples of fungus which is source of antibiotics
Penicillium
Fungi body consists of long, slender thread-like structures called
hyphae
The network of hyphae is known as
mycelium
Hyphae that are continous tubes with multinucleated cytoplasm- these are called
coenocytic hyphae
The cell wall of fungi is composed of
chitin and polysaccharides
Fungi can live as symboints- in association with algae known as
lichens
Symbiotic association of fungus with roots of higher plants is known as
mycorrhiza
Fusion of protoplasms between two motile or non-motile gametes are called
plasmogamy
Fusion of two nuclei is called
karyogamy
In fungi (ascomycetes and basidiomycetes), an intervening dikaryotic stage (n + n, i.e. two nuclei per cell) occurs; such a condition is called
dikaryon
In Phycomycetes mycelium is
aseptate and coenocytic
Name the fungi which is also known as bread mould
Rhizopus
Ascomycetes are commonly known as
sac fungi
Fungi that grow on dung are known as
corprophilous
Mycelium in Ascomycetetes is
branched and septate
Asexual spores of Ascomycetes are known as
conidia
Sexual spores of Ascomycetes are known as
ascospores
An example of Ascomycetes that is extensively in biochemical and genetic work
Neurospora
Many members like ___ and ___ are edible and are considered delicacies
Morels and Truffles
The basidiospores are exogenously produced on the
basidium
Example of smut fungus is
Ustilago
Example of rust fungus is
Puccinia
Deuteromycetes is commonly known as
Imperfect fungi
Mycelium of Deuteromycetes is
Septate and branched
The deuteromycetes reproduce only by asexual spores known as
conidia
Examples of Deuteromycetes is
Alternaria, Collectotrichum
Examples of partially heterotrophic plants is
Bladderwort and venus fly trap and cuscuta
Example of plant as a parasite is
Cuscuta
Members of Kingdom Animalia store food reserves as
glycogen or fat
In member of Kingdom Animalia mode of nutrition is
holozoic
Name thescientist who gave the definition of virus as venom or poisonous fluid
Louis Pasteur
Certain microbes recognised as casual organism of the mosaic disease of tobacco is called
Tobacco Mosaic Virus (TMV)
Who demonstrated that the extract of the infected plants of tobacco could cause infection in healthy plants?
M.W Beijerinek
Who showed that viruses could be crystallised and crystals consists largely of proteins?
W M Stanley
In virus capsid is made of small subunits is known as
capsomeres
Who discovered a new infectious agent that was smaller than viruses and caused potato spindle tuber disease?
T O Diener
Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) commonly called mad cow disease in cattle is caused by
Prions
Analogous variant of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) is ____ in humans
Cr Jacob Disease
Symbiotic association i.e. mutually useful associations, between algae and fungi is known as
Lichens
The algal component in Lichens is known as
phycobiont
The fungal component in Lichens is known as
mycobiont
Since the drawn of civilisation, there have been many attemy to classify ___ organisma
living
Earliest attempts of classifications were borne out of need to use organisms for our own use - for ____, _____ and ______
food, shelter and chlothing
Aristotle divided animals into two groups on the basis of presence of ___
red blood
____ didnot distinguish between the eukaryotes and prokaryotes, unicellular and multicellular organisms and photosynthetic (green algae) and non-photosynthetic (fungi) organism
Two kingdom system of classification
Classification of organisms into ___ and ___ was easily done and was easy to understand, but, a large number of organisms did not fall into either category
plants, animals
Besides, gross morphology a need was also felt for including other characteristics like ____, nature of wall, _____, habitat, methods of reproduction, _____, etc
cell structure, mode of nutrition, evolutionary relatonships
____ and ___ kingdoms have been a constant under all different classification systems.
Plant, animal
The ____ and ___ of other kingdoms have also been understood differently by differernt scientists over the time.
number, nature
The main criteria for classifcation used by Whittaker include cell structure, ____, mode of nutrition, ___ and phylogenetic relationships.
body organisation, reproduction
Earlier classification systems include bacteria, blue green algae, ___, mosses, ___, ____ and the angiosperms under ‘plants’
fungi, ferns, gymnsperms
The character that unified whole kingdom pf plant under earlier classification was that all the organisms included had a ___ in their cells.
cell wall
Earlier classification systems for plants brought together the ___ bacteria and blue green algae (cyanobacteria) with other groups which were _____
prokaryotic, eukaryotic
Earlier classification systems grouped together the unicellular organisms and the multicellular ones, say, for example, _____ and _____ were placed together under algae
Chlamydomonas, Spirogyra
Noncellulosic cell wall containing polysaccharide amino acid is found in kingdom _____
Monera
Cell wall is absent in kingdom _____
Animalia
Nuclear membrane is present in all kingdoms except _____
Monera
Loose tissue body organisation is found in kingdom ______
Fungi
Cellular body organisation is found in kingdom ____ and _____
Monera, Protista
Autotrophic mode of nutrition is present in kingdom _____, ______ and ______
Monera, Protista and plantae
Heterotrophic mode of nutrition is present in kingdom ____ and _____
Fungi and Animalia
The fungi had ___ in their walls while green plants had a _____ cell wall.
chitin, cellulosic
All prokaryotic organisms were grouped together under kingdom ____ and the unicellular eukaryotic eukaryotic organisms were placed in kingdom ____
Monera, Protista
Over time, an attempt has been made to evolve a classification system which reflects not only the morphological, ____ and ____ similarities, but is also phylogenetic.
physiological, reproductive
Phylogenetic relationships are based on ____ relationships.
evolutionary