Taxonomy

Question 1

Taxonomy:
1. A category into which related organisms are placed.

Answer 1

Taxon

Question 2

Taxonomy:
Taxon in Order:

Answer 2

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1. Domain
2. Kingdom
3. Phylum
4. Class
5. Order
6. Family
7. Genus
8. Species

Question 3

Taxonomy:
Three Domains

Answer 3

1. Archaea
2. Bacteria
3. Eukarya

Question 4

Taxonomy:
Domains:
1. Prokaryotic Cell
2. Live in Harsh Environments
3. Decomposers
4. Autotrophs
5. Does not need oxygen

Answer 4

Archaea

Question 5

Taxonomy:
Domains:
1. Prokaryotic Cell
2. Found in all habitats except harsh ones
3. Decomposers for environment
4. Some are harmful and beneficial
5. Autotrophs

Answer 5

Bacteria

Question 6

Taxonomy:
Domain:
1. Eukaryotic Cells
2. Divided into 4 Kingdoms

Answer 6

Eukarya

Question 7

Taxonomy:
Domain Eukarya:
1. Usually aquatic; present in areas with moisture
2. Some are unicellular, some are multicellular
3. Have a nucleus and membrane-bound organelles
4. Some are harmful and beneficial
5. Some autotropic and heterotropic
6. Some animal-like, plant-like, or fungi-like

Answer 7

Protista

Question 8

Taxonomy:
Domain Eukarya:
1. Absorptive heterotrophs
2. Multicellular except yeast which is unicellular
3. Produces a chemical called PHEROMONE
4. Lack chlorophyll

Answer 8

Fungi

Question 9

Taxonomy:
Domain Eukarya:
1. Photosynthetic
2. Photoautotrophs
3. Non-motile

Answer 9

Plantae

Question 10

Taxonomy:
Domain Eukarya:
1. Largest kingdom
2. Motile
3. Heterotrophic: either Carnivore; Herbivore, or Omnivore
4. Lack a cell wall
5. Reproduction is generally sexual

Answer 10

Animalia

Question 11

Taxonomy:
Domain Eukarya:
Kingdom Animalia:
1. Mostly found in marine water
2. Body is usually cylindrical
3. Have no organs
4. Their body comprises of numerous pores
5. Holozoic
6. Have the power to regenerate the lost parts.

Answer 11

Porifera

Question 12

Taxonomy:
Domain Eukarya:
Kingdom Animalia:
1. Exhibits regeneration
2. Undergoes Asexual Reproduction
3. Body wall comprises of stinging cells.
4. Mostly marine entities

Answer 12

Cnidaria

Question 12

Taxonomy:
Domain Eukarya:
Kingdom Animalia:
1. Mostly found in marine and freshwater.
2. Oviparous
3. Their body is covered by a calcareous shell.
4. They comprises of tentacles.

Answer 12

Mollusca

Question 13

Taxonomy:
Domain Eukarya:
Kingdom Animalia:
1. Respire through their body surface.
2. Their body contains hemoglobin, which gives them a red color.
3. Most are hermaphrodite
4. They reproduce both sexually and asexually.
5. Can undergo regeneration.

Answer 13

Annelida

Question 14

Taxonomy:
Domain Eukarya:
Kingdom Animalia:
1. Cylindrical in shape
2. Fertilization is internal and reproduction is sexual.
3. Free-living or parasitic.

Answer 14

Nematoda

Question 15

Taxonomy:
Domain Eukarya:
Kingdom Animalia:
1. They respire through the general body surface or trachea.
2. They are unisexual and fertilization is either external or internal.
3. Their body has jointed appendages which helps in locomotion.

Answer 15

Arthropoda

Question 16

Taxonomy:
Domain Eukarya:
Kingdom Animalia:
1. Star-like appearance and are spherical or elongated.
2. Exclusively marine animals.
3. Spiny-skinned
4. They reproduce sexually through gametic fusion and asexually through regeneration.
5. Possess the power of regeneration.

Answer 16

Echinodermata

Question 17

Taxonomy:
Domain Eukarya:
Kingdom Animalia:
1. Body design is complex and well-differentiated
2. Exhibits tail
3. They consist of a bundle of nerves running along the back and splits into the brain and the spinal cord.
4. Exhibits backbone

Answer 17

Chordata

Question 18

Taxonomy:
Domain Eukarya:
Kingdom Animalia:
Phylum Arthropoda:
1. Their body is segmented.
2. Jointed legs are attached to the thorax.
3. Six-legged
4. Have antennae on head

Answer 18

Insecta

Question 19

Taxonomy:
Domain Eukarya:
Kingdom Animalia:
Phylum Arthropoda:
1. No antennae, claws, or wings.
2. Have mandibles: structures for biting and chewing prey.
3. Eight appendages.

Answer 19

Arachnida

Question 20

Taxonomy:
Domain Eukarya:
Kingdom Animalia:
Phylum Chordata:
1. Can live both on land and water.
2. Found in warm environments.
3. The skin is smooth and rough without any scales, but with glands that make it moist.
4. No paired fins.
5. Two pairs of limbs for locomotion.
6. Respire through lungs and gills.
7. Heart is three-chambered
8. Fertilization is usually external.
9. Breeding occurs in water.
10. Development is indirect with metamorphosis.

Answer 20

Amphibia

Question 21

Taxonomy:
Domain Eukarya:
Kingdom Animalia:
Phylum Chordata:
1. Creeping and burrowing terrestrial animals with scales on their body.
2. Cold-blooded animals found in most of the warmer regions of the world.
3. Skin is dry, and rough, without any glands.
4. Few of these shed the scales on their skin.
5. Limbs may or may not be present.
6. Oviparous.
7. Fertilization is internal.

Answer 21

Reptilia

Question 22

Taxonomy:
Domain Eukarya:
Kingdom Animalia:
Phylum Chordata:
1. Warm-blooded animals.
2. Forelimbs are modified into wings.
3. Well-developed flight muscles.
4. Consists of feathers.
5. The lower and upper jaws are modified into a beak.
6. They have no teeth.
7. They have sharp eyesight.
8. Heart is four-chambered.

Answer 22

Aves

Question 23

Taxonomy:
Domain Eukarya:
Kingdom Animalia:
Phylum Chordata:
1. Warm-blooded animals who give birth to their younger ones.
2. Most dominant form of animals found in almost all types of habitats.
3. They have mammary glands that help them produce milk.
4. Their skin possess oil and sweat glands.
5. Respire through lungs.
6. Have four-chambered heart.
7. Brain is well-developed.

Answer 23

Mammalia

Question 24

Taxonomy:
Nomenclature:
1. A biological system of naming organisms in which the name is composed of two terms, where the first term indicates the genus and the second term indicates the species of the organism.
2. Developed by Carolus Linnaeus.

Answer 24

Binomial Nomenclature

Question 25

Taxonomy:
Nomenclature
Rules for Binomial Nomenclature

Answer 25

1. The first word identifies the genus and the second word identifies the species.
2. When the names are handwritten, they are underlined or italicized if types.
3. The name of the genus starts with a capital letter and the name of the species starts with a small letter.