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
Taxon is a/an
Group of same species
Any rank in taxonomic hierarchy
Group of similar genera
Sub-division of kingdom
A group of organisms with similar trait of any rank is
Taxon
Family
Genus
Species
Choose the wrong statements regarding universal rules of nomenclature
The first word in a biological name represents the genus
The first word denoting the genus starts with a capital letter
Both the words in a biological name, when handwritten are separately underlined
Biological names are generally in English and written in italics
A taxon is a
Group of related species
Group of related families
Type of living organism
Taxonomic group of any ranking
Different (various) group of ranks or levels in classification is known/called as
Category
Order
Genera
Taxon
Species is considered as
Real units of classification devised by taxonomists
The lowest unit of biosystematics
Real basic unit of classification
Artificial concept of human mind which cannot be defined in absolute terms
An example for the artificial system of classification is
Linnaean system
Engler and Prantl system
Bentham and Hooker system
Phylogenetic system
Which is first step in taxonomy?
Description of the organism
Identification of the organism
Nomenclature of the organism
Classification of the organism
