Classification of Living Organisms and Binomial Nomenclature

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Classification of Living Organisms and Binomial Nomenclature: Overview

This Topic covers sub-topics such as Five Kingdom Classification, Biological Nomenclature, Notochord, Hierarchy of Classification, Body Cavity, Symmetry in Organisms, Basis of Classification of Living Organisms and, Phylum as a Taxonomic Rank

Important Questions on Classification of Living Organisms and Binomial Nomenclature

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What do you understand by phylum?

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Study the below figure and identify the taxonomic rank labelled as 'Y':
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State differences between taxonomic rank:
Order and class

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Order is the assemblage of classes that exhibit a few similar characters.

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Name the taxonomic category that includes related orders.

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Study the figure given above, identify 'X' and explain this category in your own words:

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Study the given figure and identify which taxonomic rank 'X' indicates:
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Identify whether the given statement is true or false:
Class category includes related phylum.

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Which of the following is an example of phylum/or division?

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Homo sapiens belongs to the class Chordata.

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Homo sapiens is the scientific name of the human beings in which 'Homo' represents

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Write 'true' or 'false'. If false, write the correct statement.

A genus is made of families.

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The scientific name of human beings is Homo _____. 

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Name the five kingdoms according to the new classification.

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Rearrange the following categories of classification in their proper sequence starting with the highest. species, family, genus, class, order, phylum. 

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The group of population which are capable of interbreeding is called _____.

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Who proposed the five-kingdom system of classification of organisms? (Linnaeus/Whittaker)

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_____ in the taxonomic hierarchy has the smallest number of organisms with maximum number of similar characters.