The Book of Everything

 

Classification of Living Beings

Very Short Questions:

1.    In which phylum of the classification of living beings, an organism with cylindrical body that excretes through nephridia can be placed?

Ans: Annelida

2.    A plant has tap roots and bear flower. In which class does it fall?

Ans: Dicotyledonous (Dicot)  

3.    Under which division Chlamydomonas lies?

Ans: Algae

4.    Where are seeds of gymnosperms are found?

Ans: Forms on the surface of leaves or scales.

5.    Write the similarities of plants which belong to gymnosperm and angiosperm.

Ans: Both are vascular plants and both of the plants have well differentiated body parts.

6.    What is classification of living beings?

Ans: The process of diving the living organisms on the basis of their similarities and differences is called classification of living beings.

7.    Why are living beings classified?

Ans: Living beings are classified because the classification of living being serves as a fundamental tool in biology, enabling scientists to organize. Also, it helps in study and comprehend and immense variety of life forms and their relationship.

8.    Who and when proposed the five-kingdom system of classification?

Ans: American biologist Robert H. Whittaker in 1969 A.D. proposed the five-kingdom system of classification.  

Differentiate Between:

1.    Plant Kingdom and Animal Kingdom

Plant Kingdom	Animal Kingdom
a. They include the group of organisms that can synthesize their food by the process called photosynthesis.	a. They include the group of organisms which depends on other for their food.
b. They do not show locomotion.	b. They show locomotion.
c. Cell wall is present in the cell.	c. Cell wall is absent in the cell.
d. Plastids are present.	d. Plastids are absent.