Five Kingdom of Classification

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Five Kingdom of Classification: Overview

This topic covers concepts such as Five Kingdom System of Classification, Carl Woese Three Domain System of Classification, and Human taxonomy.

Important Questions on Five Kingdom of Classification

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In the light of recent classification of living organisms into three domains of life (bacteria, archaea and eukarya), which one of the following statements is true about archaea?

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Write the taxonomy classification of humans?

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Which species of great ape is most familiar to a human?

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What are the similarities between gorillas and humans?

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What are the common characteristics between primates and humans?

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What are the similarities between chimpanzees and humans?

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A human haemoglobin molecule and chimpanzee differ in only a single nucleiotide.

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The closest relative of modern man is considered to be chimpanzee weighing between 40 to 50 kilograms.

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The _____ includes all the anthropoid apes and humans.

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Compare the similarities between humans and other primates.

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R.H Whittaker criteria for classification was based on the following characters:

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Discuss the merits and demerits of five kingdom classification system.

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Which one of the following pairs was excluded from Whittaker's five kingdom classification?

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Assertion (A): The six kingdom classification proposed by Carl Woese included Bacteria, Archaebacteria, Protista, Fungi, Plantae and Animalia.

Reason (R): Carl Woese divided six kingdoms into 2 domains using 16 s rRNA.

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The entities not included in any of the five kingdoms of Whittaker, are

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Choose the correct statement.

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Infection of Entamoeba is caused 

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Mode of feeding in free living protozoans is

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Method of dispersal in Amoeba is