A group of closely related species forms a:
Family
Order
Genus
Class
Related Questions
Which taxonomic category is immediately below 'Class' in the hierarchical classification?
Family
Genus
Order
Phylum
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.
Which taxonomic category includes related genera?
Order
Class
Family
Phylum
Which of the following is the correctly written scientific name of Mango according to the binomial nomenclature system?
Mangifera Indica
mangifera indica
Mangifera indica
Mangifera indica
Arrange the following taxonomic categories in ascending order: Family, Order, Genus, Species.
Species, Genus, Family, Order
Order, Family, Genus, Species
Species, Family, Genus, Order
Genus, Species, Family, Order
Taxonomic hierarchy refers to
Stepwise arrangement of all categories for classification of plants and animals
A group of senior taxonomists, who decide the nomenclature of plants and animals
A list of botanists or zoologists, who have worked on taxonomy of a species or group
Classification of a species based on fossil record
Which of the following statements regarding universal rules of nomenclature is wrong?
Cations are named first, followed by anions.
The oxidation state of a metal is indicated by a Roman numeral in parentheses when necessary.
Numerical prefixes are used to denote the number of atoms of each element in a molecular compound.
The suffix '-ide' is always used for the second element in a binary compound.
Which one of the following has a real existence?
Genus
Species
Family
Order
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
Which of the following classification is based in some morphological characters?
Natural
Phylogenetic
Artificial
Chemotaxonomic
