Biological Classification

Question 1

who was the earliest to attempt a scientific basis for classification?

Answer 1

Aristotle

Question 2

What was the basis of classification of plants by Aristotle?

Answer 2

Aristotle used simple morphological characters to classify plants into
1. trees
2. shrubs
3. herbs

Question 3

On what basis did Aristotle classify animals?

Answer 3

Aristotle divided animals into two groups
1. those which had red blood
2. those which did not have red blood

Question 4

Who gave Two kingdom classification ?

Answer 4

Carolus Linnaeus

Question 5

Who is known as the father of Biology ?
or
Who is known as the father of Zoology?

Answer 5

Aristotle

Question 6

Who is known as the father of taxonomy?

Answer 6

Carolus Linnaeus

Question 7

What kingdoms lie under Two Kingdom Classification?

Answer 7

1. Plantae
2. Animalia

Question 8

On what basis did Linnaeus give the two kingdom classification?

Answer 8

On the basis of cell wall only

Question 9

Demerits of Two Kingdom Classification?

Answer 9

1. It placed the following organisms together:
   * prokaryotes and eukaryotes
   * unicellular and multicellular
   * heterotrophic and autotrophic
   * cellulosic cell wall and chitinous cell wall
2. Large number of organisms did not fall into either plantae or animalia

Question 10

Identify whether UNICELLULAR or MULTICELLULAR

Chlamydomonas & Chlorella

Answer 10

Unicellular