Certain members of the kingdom Protista exhibit characteristics of both plants and animals. Which of the following combinations correctly identifies a protist with plant-like and animal-like features, respectively?
Diatoms (plant-like: cell wall of silica); Paramecium (animal-like: cilia for movement)
Euglena (plant-like: photosynthetic); Amoeba (animal-like: heterotrophic by phagocytosis)
Slime molds (plant-like: saprophytic); Dinoflagellates (animal-like: bioluminescence)
Amoeba (plant-like: pseudopodia); Paramecium (animal-like: heterotrophic)
Related Questions
Third name in trinomial nomenclature indicate
Species
Sub-species
Sub-genus
Ecotype of organism
ICBN stands for
Indian Congress of Biological Name
International Code for Botanical Nomenclature
International Congress of Biological Name
Indian Code of Botanical Nomenclature
An example for the artificial system of classification is
Linnaean system
Engler and Prantl system
Bentham and Hooker system
Phylogenetic system
Which branch of biology deals with the identification, nomenclature, and classification of organisms?
Ecology
Physiology
Taxonomy
Genetics
Abbreviation for International Code of Bacteriological Nomenclature is
ICBN
ICNB
ICZN
ICBN/ICNB
Which one of the following branch is applicable to both plants and animals?
Herpetology
Saurology
Taxonomy
Ichthyology
Bionomial nomenclature was first used in
Systema Naturae
Genera Plantarum
Genera Animalium
Species Plantarum
A scientist discovers a new species with the following characteristics: eukaryotic, multicellular, photosynthetic, lacks vascular tissue, exhibits alternation of generations with a dominant gametophyte. This organism MOST likely belongs to which plant group?
Pteridophyta
Bryophyta
Gymnosperms
Angiosperms
‘SystemaNaturae’ was written by
Ernst Mayr
Carolus Linnaeus
R H Whittaker
W M Stanley
Which of these is the basic unit of classification?
Genus
Family
Species
Order
