Biological Classification

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What is the characteristic of the hyphae in fungi that lacks cross-walls or septae?

  • Septate
  • Dikaryotic
  • Aseptate (correct)
  • Coenocytic

What type of nutrition is exhibited by fungi that grow on dead plant and animal matter?

  • Parasitic
  • Saprophytic (correct)
  • Symbiotic
  • Autotrophic

What is the term for the association of fungi with the roots of higher plants?

  • Coenocytic
  • Dikaryon
  • Mycorrhiza (correct)
  • Lichen

What is the condition where each cell has 2 nuclei in some fungi?

<p>Dikaryophase (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the characteristic of fungi that makes them unable to produce their own food?

<p>Achlorophyllous (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the network of hyphae in fungi?

<p>Mycelium (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the characteristic of cell wall in Kingdom Plantae?

<p>Made up of cellulose (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of nutrition is shown by Venus Fly trap and Cuscuta?

<p>Partial heterotrophic (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is unique about the life cycle of Kingdom Plantae?

<p>Alternation of generation (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the characteristic of nutrition in Kingdom Animalia?

<p>Heterotrophic (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Who coined the term 'virus'?

<p>Dmitri Ivanovsky (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the reserve food material in Kingdom Plantae?

<p>Starch (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary characteristic of Mycoplasma?

<p>They lack a cell wall and are non-motile (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of bacteria is known for producing antibiotics?

<p>Actinomycetes (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary function of heterotrophic bacteria in the roots of leguminous plants?

<p>Nitrogen fixation (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the characteristic of Kingdom Protista that distinguishes them from other kingdoms?

<p>They evolved from prokaryotes through endosymbiosis (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary mode of locomotion for Kingdom Protista?

<p>Cilia and flagella (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary characteristic of diatoms in Kingdom Protista?

<p>They are photosynthetic and float passively (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the common name for the group of fungi that includes Basidiomycetes?

<p>Club fungi (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of spores are not generally found in Basidiomycetes?

<p>Asexual spores (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the result of somatogamy in Basidiomycetes?

<p>Formation of Basidium (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of fungi is also known as 'fungi imperfecti'?

<p>Deuteromycetes (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the characteristic of Deuteromycetes with regards to their mycelia?

<p>They are septate and branched (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of Deuteromycetes in the ecosystem?

<p>They help in mineral cycling (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the characteristic of prokaryotic cells that distinguishes them from eukaryotic cells?

<p>Presence of a nucleus (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of bacteria is known for their ability to survive in extreme conditions?

<p>Thermoacidophiles (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the process in which one bacterium transfers its genetic material to another bacterium?

<p>Conjugation (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary characteristic of the cell wall in bacteria?

<p>Rigid (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the type of bacteria that obtains its energy by decomposing organic matter?

<p>Saprophytic (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary characteristic of Mycoplasma?

<p>Lack of cell wall (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the criterion used by Robert H. Whittaker for his five kingdom classification?

<p>Cell structure, body organisation, mode of nutrition, reproduction and phylogenetic relationship (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following organisms is placed in the Kingdom Protista despite being autotrophic?

<p>Chlorella (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the characteristic of the cell wall of fungi according to the five kingdom classification?

<p>Chitinous (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the basis of the six kingdom classification proposed by Carl Woese?

<p>Sequence of 16S rRNA (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following is a limitation of the five kingdom classification?

<p>It does not provide a separate kingdom for lichens (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following kingdoms is characterised by the presence of holozoic or parasitic mode of nutrition?

<p>Animalia (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the characteristic of the DNA in Kingdom Monera?

<p>Double-stranded circular (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the mode of nutrition in Kingdom Fungi?

<p>Heterotrophic (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the characteristic of cell walls in Kingdom Monera?

<p>Rigid and non-cell membrane-bound (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the characteristic of ribosomes in Kingdom Monera?

<p>70S (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the characteristic of Kingdom Protista in terms of evolution?

<p>Evolved from prokaryotes (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the characteristic of locomotion in Kingdom Protista?

<p>Using flagella and cilia (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the primary function of the capsid in a virus?

<p>To protect the genetic material from the host's immune system (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a characteristic of viruses that distinguishes them from living organisms?

<p>They lack metabolic processes (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the term for the geometric forms in which capsomeres are arranged in a virus?

<p>Helical and polyhedral (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is an example of a viral infection in plants?

<p>Tobacco Mosaic Disease (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a symptom of Tobacco Mosaic Disease in plants?

<p>Leaf curling (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a characteristic of viruses that makes them obligate intracellular parasites?

<p>They require a host cell to replicate (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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