TAXONOMY AND NOMENCLATURE

Question 1

TAXONOMY

Answer 1

STUDY OF CLASSIFYING ORGANISMS INTO GROUPS BASED ON SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES IN CHARACTERISTICS

Question 2

BINOMIAL NOMENCLATURE

Answer 2

METHOD OF NAMING DEVELOPED BY CAROLUS LINNAEUS; WRITTEN BY USING THE GENUS NAME WITH A CAPITALIZED FIRST LETTER FOLLOWED BY THE SPECIES NAME USING SMALL LETTERS; ITALICIZED WHEN TYPE-WRITTEN (e.g. Oryza sativa)

Question 3

ARCHAEA

Answer 3

SINGLE-CELLED PROKARYOTES; OBSERVED IN EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS

Question 4

EUBACTERIA

Answer 4

COCCUS - SPHERICAL; BACILLUS - ROD SHAPED; SPIRILLUS - SPIRAL SHAPED

Question 5

PROTISTA

Answer 5

DIVERSE SINGLE-CELL EUKARYOTES

Question 6

FUNGI

Answer 6

MULTI CELLED HETEROTROPHS; OBTAINS NUTRIENTS BY DIGESTING FOOD OUT OF THEIR BODY BEFORE ABSORBING THEM

Question 7

PARASITIC FUNGI

Answer 7

OBTAINS FOOD FROM LIVING ORGANISMS

Question 8

SAPROPHYTIC FUNGI

Answer 8

OBTAINS FOOD FROM DECAYING MATTER

Question 9

PLANTAE

Answer 9

MULTI-CELLED AUTOTROPHS; PRODUCE THEIR OWN FOOD USING LIGHT ENERGY

Question 10

ANIMALIA

Answer 10

HETEROTROPHIC MULTICELLULAR ORGANISMS; RESPONSIVE TO STIMULI

Question 11

INVERTEBRATES

Answer 11

COLD BLOODED ORGANISMS WITH NO BACKBONE

Question 12

PORIFERA

Answer 12

NO TRUE TISSUE (CORALS AND SPONGES)

Question 13

COELENTERA

Answer 13

WITH STINGING CELLS AMF POISON-FILLED THREADS (JELLYFISH, HYDRA)

Question 14

PLATYHELMINTHES

Answer 14

FLAT RIBBON LIKE BODIES (FLATWORMS)

Question 15

NEMATODA

Answer 15

ROUND SHAPED BODIES (ROUNDWORMS)

Question 16

MOLLUSCA

Answer 16

SOFT BODIED AND SOME HAVE SHELLS (OCTOPUS, SNAIL)

Question 17

ANNELIDA

Answer 17

LONG SEGMENTED BODY (TAPEWORM)

Question 18

ECHINODERMATA

Answer 18

SYMMETRICAL BODIES (STARFISH, SEA URCHIN)

Question 19

ARTHROPODA

Answer 19

JOINTED LEGS AND SEGMENTED BODIES (HEAD, THORAX, ABDOMEN)

Question 20

VERTEBRATES

Answer 20

ANIMALS WITH BACKBONES

Question 21

JAWLESS FISH

Answer 21

NO SCALES; BREATHE THROUGH GILL SLITS

Question 22

CARTILAGINOUS FISH

Answer 22

MOVABLE JAWS

Question 23

BONY FISH

Answer 23

SCALY AND HAVE DEFINED BONES

Question 24

AMPHIBIANS

Answer 24

INITIAL LIFE CYCLE IS MARINE; ADULTS ARE MOSTLY TERRESTIAL

Question 25

REPTILES

Answer 25

COLD BLOODED; SOME ARE SCALY

Question 26

BIRDS

Answer 26

HAVE FEATHERS

Question 27

MONOTREME MAMMAL

Answer 27

EGG-LAYING

Question 28

MARSUPIAL MAMMAL

Answer 28

HAVE PUCHES; NOT COMPLETELY DEVELOPED WHEN BORN

Question 29

PLACENTAL MAMMAL

Answer 29

BORN FULLY DEVELOPED