A taxon is:
Specifically a group of species
Only used for plants
A group of organisms at any level of taxonomic hierarchy
Only used for animals
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Ascending or descending arrangement of taxonomic categories is known as
Classification
Key
Taxonomy
Hierarchy
A taxonomist is studying a newly discovered organism. They find it to be eukaryotic, multicellular, heterotrophic, with chitinous cell walls and exhibiting absorptive nutrition. Based solely on these characteristics, to which of the following taxonomic groups could the organism most precisely be assigned?
Kingdom Fungi
Phylum Basidiomycota
Domain Eukarya
Class Ascomycetes
Choose the correct sequence in the hierarchy of taxonomic categories in descending order.
Species-genus-family-order-class-division
Division-order-class-family-genus-species
Division-class-family-order-genus-species
Division-class-order-family-genus-species
Which statement correctly explains the relationship between taxonomic categories and phylogenetic classification?
Taxonomic categories are arbitrary and have no relationship to phylogeny.
Taxonomic categories always perfectly match the branching patterns of phylogenetic trees.
Taxonomic categories ideally reflect evolutionary relationships revealed through phylogenetic analysis.
Phylogenetic analysis is used to create taxonomic categories, but they don't necessarily reflect evolutionary relationships.
The taxonomic category which comes just after species in ascending order of taxonomic hierarchy is
Family
Genus
Order
Division
Which taxonomic category is just above the level of Family?
Genus
Class
Order
Phylum
Which taxonomic category is immediately below 'Class' in the hierarchical classification?
Family
Genus
Order
Phylum
In which of the following, the usual taxonomic hierarchy is not followed?
Polypetalae and Gamopetalae
Gamopetalae and Monochlamydae
Monochlamydae and monocots
None of the above
Which of the following taxonomic categories represents the highest level of diversity?
Phylum
Class
Kingdom
Order
Which of these represents the correct hierarchical sequence (from broader to narrower)?
Order, Class, Phylum
Class, Phylum, Order
Phylum, Class, Order
Order, Phylum, Class
