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Taxonomy and Classification
Taxonomy and Classification
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1
Question
What is the correct scientific name for the cat flea?
Answer
Ctenocephalides ctenocephalides
2
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What is the law of priority in nomenclature?
Answer
The earliest name should be used.
3
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What does homonymia mean in taxonomy?
Answer
One particular name can be used only for one taxon.
4
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What is the correct order in biological classification?
Answer
Genus-species-family.
5
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What is the binomial system based on?
Answer
2 names.
6
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What is the classification of organisms based on their overall similarity called?
Answer
Phenetic.
7
Question
How many kingdoms did Whittaker recommend?
Answer
5.
8
Question
What is geographical isolation?
Answer
They show morphological differences but can still exchange genes when they meet and mate.
9
Question
What is the modern science of classification called?
Answer
Biosystematics.
10
Question
Which of the following is not a taxonomic category?
Answer
Breed.
11
Question
To which order does the genus Trypanosoma belong?
Answer
Kinetoplastida.
12
Question
To which order does the genus Leishmania belong?
Answer
Kinetoplastida.
13
Question
To which order does the genus Giardia belong?
Answer
Diplomonadida.
14
Question
To which order does the genus Eimeria belong?
Answer
None of these.
15
Question
Which organism does not have a cyst?
Answer
Trichomonas sp.
16
Question
Which organism has a cyst?
Answer
Giardia sp.
17
Question
Which is the most important genus of coccidia without cyst formation?
Answer
Eimeria.
18
Question
Which genus belongs to cystogenic coccidia?
Answer
Toxoplasma.
19
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Which is the most important genus of haemosporinids?
Answer
Plasmodium.
20
Question
Which is the most important genus of piroplasms?
Answer
Babesia.
21
Question
Which develops also in blood-sucking arthropod vectors?
Answer
All three (Plasmodium sp., Babesia sp., Trypanosoma sp.).
22
Question
Which group is most closely related to cnidarians?
Answer
Myxozoa.
23
Question
In which class is the medusa stage absent?
Answer
Anthozoa.
24
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In which class is the polyp stage sometimes absent?
Answer
Hydrozoa.
25
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In which class is the budding of the polyp stage terminal?
Answer
Scyphozoa.
26
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In which class is the budding of the polyp stage lateral?
Answer
Hydrozoa.
27
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What is the approximate number of species in phylum Platyhelminthes?
Answer
25,000.
28
Question
What category do flatworms belong to?
Answer
Bilateria.
29
Question
What kind of gut do cestodes have?
Answer
No gut.
30
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What kind of gut do trematodes have?
Answer
Two-branched blind ending.