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Which category is the highest in the classification system of animals?
Which category is the highest in the classification system of animals?
- Phyla
- Division
- Species
- Kingdom Animalia (correct)
What is the highest category in the classification system of plants?
What is the highest category in the classification system of plants?
- Division (correct)
- Kingdom Animalia
- Species
- Phyla
What are the two groups referred to as in the text?
What are the two groups referred to as in the text?
- Animal and Plant Kingdoms (correct)
- Phyla and Divisions
- Animal and Plantae
- Species and Kingdoms
What is the basis of arrangement as we go higher from species to kingdom?
What is the basis of arrangement as we go higher from species to kingdom?
What happens to the difficulty of determining the relationship to other taxa at the same level as the category gets higher?
What happens to the difficulty of determining the relationship to other taxa at the same level as the category gets higher?
What is the problem that arises as the classification becomes more complex?
What is the problem that arises as the classification becomes more complex?
Which category has the most characteristics shared within the members of the taxon?
Which category has the most characteristics shared within the members of the taxon?
What do taxonomists develop to facilitate more sound and scientific placement of various taxa?
What do taxonomists develop to facilitate more sound and scientific placement of various taxa?