Taxonomy final assessment test for year 1 students- Ukoro Frank.

Ukoro F.O (M. Aislt)- Plant and Animal Taxonomy
Ukoro F.O (M. Aislt)
HARRY PASS POLYTECHNIC MKAR, GBOKO BENUE STATE
Type A
FINAL TEST
COURSE CODE: STB 111 COURSE TITLE: Plant and animal Taxonomy
CLASS: SCIENCE LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY LEVEL: ND
Instructions: ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS
1. Technique for collecting and preservingcommon florais said to be
imperative. Converse?
2. Decisively write down 5 items a Field Note Book contains in
Herbarium Search?
3. What is the role of each of the followingin Plant Press?
a. Folders
b. Blotters
4. Explain the Followingin relative to Herbarium?
a. Plant press
b. Label
5. Mention 5 ways of controlling lavae tobacco (Lasioderma serricorne) and
drug store beetle (Stegobium paniceus) as pest of Herbaria specimen in care of
herbaria.

Type B
FINAL TEST
1. Discussthe Adaptation of Reptile to Terrestrial habitat? (50mks)
2. Mention fiveassociate of Craniata and catalog 2 organisms each one of
the fivementioned? (50mks)

Type C
FINAL TEST
1. In a tabular form differentiatebetween Angiosperm and Gymnosperm?
(50mks)
2. Explicate what is Cryptogam and Phanerogam with examplesof members
each? (50mks).

Type D
FINAL TEST
1. Briefly explain how living organism are classified generally, noting the year of
invention and the Scientist involved in those century? (50mks)
2. Mention onemember each of the followingcurrentclassification system
1. Monera (Prokaryote) (10mks)
2. Protista (Unicellular Eukayote) (10mks)
3. Fungi (Multicellular Eukayote) (10mks)
4. Plantae (Green Multicell) (10mks)
5. Animalia (Multicell animal) (10mks)

HA HARRY PASS POLYTECHNIC MKAR, GBOKO BENUE STATE
Type E
FINAL TEST
1. Providethe Binomial Nomenclature of the followingplant and animal
below?
a. Rice (10mks)
b. Mango (10mks)
c. Onion (10mks)
d. Orange (10mks)
e. Banana (10mks)
f. Pig (10mks)
g. Frog (10mks)
h. Cockroach (10mks)
i. Housefly (10mks)
j. Man (10mks)

Type F
FINAL TEST
1. What are the Functionsof plantKingdom to life? (10mks)
2. DefineTaxonomy and its objectives? (10mks)
3. AgriculturalClassification of plantis an artificial form. True/False (10mks)
4. Mention the 2 aspect of naturalsystem of classification and explain any one?
(10mks)
5. Mention any five rules guiding the naming of plants? (10mks)
6. Outline five characteristics of Protista? (10mks)
7. Outline five characteristic of Fungi? (10mks)
8. What are the functions of animal kingdom to plant life? (10mks)
9. What is the paradigm of Kingdom MONERA is _______?(10mks)
10. In a simple term what is the difference between MONERA and PROTISTA

Type G
FINAL TEST
1. Differentiatebetween Criniata and Acriniata? (10mks)
2. List fivegroup of Acriniata (5mks)
3. What are the general characteristics of vertebrate? (5mks)
4. Giveone member each of the followingAcriniata? (50mks)
Phylum: coelenterata
Phylum: Platyhelminthes
Phylum: Nematoda
Phylum: Annelida
Phylum: Arthropoda
5. What are the three major classes of Plate helminthes (Flat worms)(30mks)

Type H
FINAL TEST
1. Definethe term Flora? (10mks)
2. Haven studied family liliaceae write down step wise the floraformulaof
Queen of the Night floweringplant, whose Petal is 5, Calyx6 and Stamen is
noneassumingit has 1 inferior ovary joined together. Step wisewrite down
the Flora Formulae. (90mks)

Type I
FINAL TEST
1. What are the seven hierarchy of classification of livingorganism? (70mks)
2. Definethe followingterms?
a. Family (10mks)
b. Genus (10mks)
c. Species (10mks)

Type K
FINAL TEST
1. What do you understand by Cryptogams? (10mks)
2. Alludeto the three major DIVISIONS of Cryptogams? (30mks)
3. State 2 major membersof the DIVISION, Bryophyta? (20mks)
4. What are the 4 major classification of Plant base on life Cycle? (40mks)

Type J
FINAL TEST
1. A group of organisms at any particular level in a classification
system is called a
A. Specie
B Genus
C. Taxon
D. Phylum
2. Scientific name higher than Genus is?
A. Phylum
B Genus
C. Taxon
D. specie
3. As a practical definition of species, one can say that they are a
group of organisms characterized by all of the following except
they
A. are incapable of hybridization with other species
B. can be distinguished from other species
C. they do not normally interbreed with other species
D. remain relatively constant
4. The institution of the classification level of nomenclature was
prompted by
A. Aristotle
B. Carolus Linnaeus
C Alexandar Flemming
D. San Radii
5. Which among the following is not an actual part of Taxonomy?
A. Naming
B. Systematic
C. classification
D. nomenclature

Type K
FINAL TEST
1. True multicellularity occurs only in
A. plants, animals and fungi
B. eukaryotes
C. plants and animals
D. animal
2. prokaryote organism make up the
A. Archaebacteria, Eubacteria,
B. Archaebacteria and Protists
C. Protists and Eubacteria
D. Protists
3. In the current taxonomic system, families are grouped into
A. Orders
B. Phyla
C. classes
D. Divisions
4. Of the six kingdoms now recognized,
A. four are eukaryotes and two are prokaryotes
B. two are plant and four are animal
C. two are eukaryotes and four are prokaryotes
D. four are macroscopic and two are microscopic
5. In plant taxonomy, a division is the equivalent to
A. Phylum
B. family
C. Order
D. Class

HARRY PASS POLYTECHNIC MKAR, GBOKO
COURSE CODE: STB 111 COURSE TITLE: Plant and Animal Taxonomy
CLASS: SCIENCE LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY LEVEL: 100L Time: 600secs
Type L
1. A group of organisms at the interbreeding level of classification
system is called a
A. Taxon
B Genus
C. Specie
D. Phylum
2. Scientific name higher than Genus is?
A. Taxon
B Genus
C. Phylum
D. specie
3. As a practical definition of species, one can say that they are a
group of organisms characterized by all of the following except
that they
A. are incapable of hybridization with other species
B. can be distinguished from other species
C. they do not normally interbreed with other species
D. remain relatively constant
4. The institution of the classification level of nomenclature was
prompted by
A. Alexandar Flemming
B. Carolus Linnaeus
C Aristotle
D. San Radii
5. Which among the following is not an actual part of Taxonomy?
A. Classification
B. Systematic
C. Naming
D. nomenclature

Type M
1. The largest group into which an organism is classified is the
a. order.
b. class.
c. kingdom.
d. Genus.
2. Insects are
a. invertebrates.
b. vertebrates.
c. reptiles.
3. Taxonomy is the science of
a. genetics.
b. classification.
c. bacteria.
d. evolution.
4. Mammals, fish, amphibians, reptiles, and birds are the five divisions of
a. invertebrates.
b. kingdoms.
c. vertebrates.
5. can live on both land and water.
a. Amphibians
b. Reptiles
c. Fish

Type N
1. Which group of animals does NOT have bones?
a. invertebrates
b. vertebrates
2. The science of classifying living things is
a. biology.
b. taxonomy.
c. taxidermy.
d. ecology.
3. have hair or fur.
a. Amphibians
b. Mammals
c. Birds
4. Which kingdom makes its own food and has a cell wall?
a. Plantae
b. Animalia
c. Fungi
d. Protista
5. What is the broadest or largest level of classification?
a. species
b. kingdom
c. domain
d. phylum

Type O
1, is the broadest group into which organisms are classified.
a. species
b. kingdom
c. vertebrate
d. plant
2. A butterfly is a(n) , and a dog is a(n) .
a. invertebrate; invertebrate
b. invertebrate; vertebrate
c. vertebrate; invertebrate
d. vertebrate; vertebrate
3. What do sea jellies, earthworms, and spiders have in common?
a. They all have 8 legs.
b. They all have stinging body parts.
c. They all have a backbone.
d. They all lack a backbone.
4. have skin covered with scales, fins for swimming, and gills for breathing.
a. Reptiles
b. Amphibians
c. Fish
5. What is an animal without a backbone called?
a. invertebrate
b. ectotherm
c. vertebrate

d. endotherm
Type P
1. Which statement is true for amphibians?
a. Butterflies are amphibians.
b. Newts are amphibians.
c. Amphibians have hair.
d. Amphibians are warm-blooded animals.
2. A bird
a. is a vertebrate with scaly skin.
b. is a vertebrate with a beak, feathers, two wings, and two legs.
c. spends part of its life in water and part on land.
d. spends its whole life in water.
e. is a vertebrate with fur or hair.
3. Mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and fish are classes of
a. invertebrates.
b. vertebrates.
4. What is the "most specific" level of classification?
a. domain
b. phylum
c. order
d. species
5. Animals that have internal skeletons and spiny skins are

a. exoskeletons.
b. endoskeletons.
c. echinoderms.
d. vertebrates.
Type Q
1. Viruses are denied a kingdom of their own because?
A. their genetics cannot be determined
B. they are too small
C. they are poorly understood
D. they are not organisms
2. Bacteria are assigned to the kingdom
A. Monera
B. Protista
C. Fungi
D. Achaebacteria
3. A major problem with polynomial names was that they were
A. Cumbersome
B. Inaccurate
C. not descriptive
D. Latin
4. The plant alternation of generations characterized by:
A. Mosses

B. Somatic
C. Zygotic
D. Gametic
5. When writing species epithets, it is sometimes permissible to
abbreviate the ______ name.
A. specie
B. phylum
C. order
D. Genus
Type R
C. they are too poorly understood
2. Viruses are assigned to the kingdom
A. none of the above
B. Protista
C. Fungi
D. Achaebacteria
A. Cumbersome
B. Inaccurate
C. not descriptive
D. Latin
4. The plant alternation of generations is characterized by meiosis.
A. Sporic

B. Somatic
C. Zygotic
D. Gametic
A. genus
B. phylum
C. order
D. specie
Type S
1. Unicellular eukaryotes are grouped into
A. only protists
B. Fungi and Eubacteria
C. fungi and protists
D. only Fungi
2. In printed scientific names, only the is capitalized.
A. Genus
B. family
C. Class
D. Order
3. In the present times, the classification system used was
A. binomial
B. polynomial
C. tetranomial

D. Trinomial
4. In printing scientific names, it is conventional for only the to be
underlined or italicized
A. binomial
B. Genus
C. species
D. Order
5. Characteristics that have arisen as a result of common
evolutionary descent are said to be
A. homologous
B. homogenous
C. analogous
Type T
1. Which is in the correct descending order?
a. Kingdom-Family-Order-Genus-Phyla-Class-Species
b. Kingdom-Phyla-Class-Order-Family-Genus-Species
c. Kingdom-Phyla-Family-Order-Class-Genus-Species
d. Kingdom-Species-Genus-Class-Order-Family-Phyla
e. Kingdom-Phyla-Order-Class-Family-Genus-Species
2. Which statement is false?
a. Phenetic classification systems assess evolutionary relationships.

b. The Gram stain reaction is a key test in many bacterial classification
systems.
c. Strains or types that differ antigenically are called serovars.
d. In the Jaccard coefficient, features that are negative for both organisms
are omitted from calculations.
e. A dendrogram graphically represents similarities among organisms.
3. Which of the following has been used to establish a new
classification system?
a. physiological and ecological characteristics
b. cell wall, antigenic characteristics
c. growth and nutritional characteristics
d. staining reactions
e. examination of rRNA molecules
4. Which of the following is (are) incorrectly typed or written?
a. E. coli
b. Es.coli
c. Escherichia coli
d. Escherichia coli
e. a and c
5. Which areconsidered to be phenotypic characteristics that are used
in classification and identification systems?
a. staining reactions
b. ability to form spores
c. specific metabolic activities
d. genetic analysis
e. a, b, and c
COURSE CODE: STB 111. COURSE TITLE: Plant and Animal Taxonomy
CLASS: SCIENCE LABORATORY TECHNOLOGY LEVEL: 100L Time:
600secs
Type U
1. Which characteristic is (are) unique to the Archaeobacteria?
a. Murein is lacking in their cell walls.
b. There is an unusual ether linkage in the phospholipid molecules.
c. They lack a cell wall.
d. They are obligate anaerobes.

e. a and b
2. Which of the following is classified as a prokaryote?
a. algae
b. fungi
c. bacteria
d. protozoa
e. animal cells
3. According to Whittaker's classification system, in which of the following
kingdoms are microorganisms placed? I. Monera II. Protista III. Fungi
a. I only
b. II only
c. III only
d. I and II only
e. I, II, and III
4. Which of the following is/are accurate descriptions of the endosymbiotic
theory?
a. Viruses evolved from a mutant strain of bacteria that was lacking
chloroplasts and mitochondria.
b. Procaryotes and eucaryotes evolved from similar pathways from a
common ancestral form.
c. At some stage during evolution bacteria invaded a primitive eucaryotic
cell.
d. The chloroplasts and mitochondria of eucaryotes originated from
procaryotes.
e. Plant cells evolved from bacterial mitochondria in bacterial symbionts;
animal cells evolved from chloroplasts in bacterial symbionts.
5. The kingdom Eubacteria includesall the following distinct lines of descent
EXCEPT the __________.
a. Gram-negative bacteria
b. spirochetes
c. cyanobacteria
d. extreme thermoacidophiles
e. sulfate reducers
600secs
Type V
Match each of the following with the following terms
a. description c. systematics e. taxonomy

b. classification d. nomenclature f. identification
1. _____ providing proper name of a plant
2. _____ assigning features to a taxon
3. _____ uses characters and character states to describe a taxon
4. _____ determining that an unknown object is identical to an already know
object
5. _____ using a dichotomous key to match an organism to another
6. _____ study of plant classification
7. _____ study of the diversity and history of organisms and their evolutionary
relationships
600secs

Type W
relationships
object

600secs
Type X
1. Compare and contrast taxonomy and systematics.
2. Conceptually, a “plant” can be defined in two ways. What are they?
3. List at least four characteristics of a plant.
4. What is a cladogram?
5. Define character and character state

600secs
Type Y
1. What is the difference between taxon and rank?
2. What is the plural of taxon?
3. List at least four characteristics of a plant.
4. Give one example of a character and character state
5. Define character and character state

600secs
Type Z
1. What is phylogeny?
2. Name the three major domains. Briefly describe the characters that
distinguish them.
3. Give examples of each. Draw a cladogram representing the three
domains.
4. What is monophyletic? Why do taxonomists prefer monophyletic
groups?
5. What is taxon

600secs
Type A1
Complete Flower:
1. Draw a Complete flower below that meets the following
criteria/requirements:
• has five Calyx -
• Petal
• Stamen
• Pistil
• Parianth (primitive)

600secs
Type A1
1. What is systematic?

600secs
Type A2
1. Is there any difference between systematic and taxonomy?

600secs
Type A3
1. .Give two importance of taxonomy.

600secs
Type A3
1. What is the role of evolution in taxonomy?

600secs
Type A4
PLANT PARTS AND SELECTED FLOWERS TERMINOLOGY
1. From the listbelow, selectthe plantpart and write it in the appropriate
Space at yourconvenience.
sepal
petal
stamen

filament
anther
pistil
stigma
style
ovary
ovule
receptacle
600secs
Type A5
Fill in the blanks with the appropriate term from the list below.

i. The _____________ is a cylinder or cup of tissue that consists of the bases of the
calyx, corolla, and filaments in species in which these parts are fused for all or
part of
their length (and these three floral whorls are fused to each other as well),
rather than
being separate at the point of attachment to the receptacle.
ii. The ovary is always above and attached to the receptacle. If the floral parts
connect
to the main axis of the flower above the ovary, it is called an ____________
_________. (Squash is a great example.)
iii. If the flower parts attach below the ovary, the ovary is a ___________ __________.
iv. __________________________ is a type of symmetry resulting from a flower
being cut along a line passing through the center of an imaginary
circumference (the
diameter). In this case, the two resulting parts are identical.
v. __________________________ is a type of symmetry that occurs only when two
faces are the same. The plant part can only have a single plane that divides it
into
two exact parts. This type of symmetry takes place in many flowers, leaves
and
cactus stems.
600secs
Type A6
PLANTIDENTIFICATION AND NOMENCLATURE

Fill in the blanks:
1. ________ ________ are hierarchal groupingsused in classification that put
organismsinto groupsbased on the organisms’ characteristics. The higher up
in the
hierarchal scheme, the larger the numbersof organisms included.
2. Family namesend in _______ and are written in plain text, with the first letter
capitalized.
3. Together, the genusand species epithet are called a binomial, or Latin
name. We
often call the species epithet simply the species, but technically, species is the
______ plusthe _________ __________.
4. The ________ (pluralis ________ ) will be capitalized, written in italics (or
underlined), and usually aLatin, or latinized, word.
5. The _________ ___________ willimmediately follow the genus, it will be lower
case
but underlined or written in italics, and is usually aLatin, or latinized word.
6. A distinct, naturally occurringsubset of a species can become classed as a
___________. When written out, you can recognize it because it will follow the
species epithet, it will be underlined or written and italics and will be Latin or
latinized.
7. _________ persist dueto cultivation and are maintained by us for specific
traits.
Membersof a given _______ are identical to each other although they can be
propagated in a variety of ways. Written in plain text, and set off by single
quotes.
8. The __________ name is alwaysadded after a valid scientific nameat the genus
or
species level, is not latinized, is putin single quotes, and is notwritten in
italics.
9. A ___________ is a cross between two varieties or species. When you see an “x”
in a
plantname, it means that whatever taxon level immediately followsthis is of
_________ origin.
10. A __________ is a taxonomic group of organisms classified together on the
basis of
homologous features traced to a common ancestor.
600secs

Type A6
REWRITE THE FOLLOWING BOTANICAL NAMES USING THE ICBN METHOD
1. domestica Musca (species)
2. arachis Hypogeal
3. cepa Alium
4. cacao Theobroma
5. loa loa
6. amarathus Spinosis
7. Glyn max

600secs
Type A8
1. What are the major problems with Linn system of classification?

600secs
Type AB
1. There are five kingdoms of plant and Animal Classification
namely?

600secs
Type AC
1. State the Major group of plant kingdom by R. H Whitaker,
given one example each?

600secs
Type AD
1. What are the characteristics of Kingdom Plantae?

600secs
Type AE
State the criteria for which kingdom plantae is classified?

600secs
Type AF
Give one example each of CRYPTOGAMS AND PHANEROGAMS

600secs
Type AG
1. Name the pigment responsible for photosynthesis in plants.

600secs
Type AH
2. Describe the criteria for levels of classification in plants.

600secs
Type AI
3. Explain the characteristic of thallophytes.

600secs
Type AJ
4. Explain the significant features of Gymnosperms.

600secs
Type AK
5. List the characteristics of Angiosperms

600secs
Type AL
1. State the Hierarchy of plant classification?

600secs
Type AM

1. What are the major differences between plant and Animal Kingdom
600secs

Type AN
1. State only the members of Cryptogam and Phanerogam

600secs
Type AO
2. List 3 each of characteristic and importance of Algae and Fungi in
an evolutionary trend

600secs
Type AP
1. State Economic and Biological importance of Algae and Fungi

600secs
Type AQ
1. State the major classes of phylum which comprises of the
vertebrate?

600secs
Type AR
1. State the major classes of phylum which comprises of the
vertebrate?

600secs
Type AS
What is phylogeny?

600secs
Type AT
Name the three major domains. Briefly describe the characters that
distinguish them.

600secs
Type AU
Give examples of each. Draw a cladogram representing the three domains.

600secs
Type AV
What is monophyletic? Why do taxonomists prefer monophyletic groups?

600secs
Type AW
What is taxon

600secs
Type AX
1. _____ providing proper name of a plant
object

relationships
600secs
Type AY
object

relationships
600secs
Type AZ

object
600secs

Type BA
relationships

600secs
Type BB
relationships

600secs
Type BC
2. _____ study of the diversity and history of organisms and their
evolutionary relationships

600secs
Type BD
relationships

600secs
Type BE
relationships

600secs
Type BF
relationships

600secs
Type BG
relationships

600secs
Type BH
relationships

600secs
Type BI
relationships

600secs
Type BJ
relationships

600secs
Type BK
relationships

600secs
Type BL
relationships

600secs
Type BM

relationships
600secs
Type BN

relationships

600secs
Type BO
relationships

600secs
Type BP
relationships

600secs
Type BQ
B. Protista
C. Fungi
D. Achaebacteria
A. Cumbersome
B. Inaccurate
C. not descriptive
D. Latin
A. Sporic
B. Somatic
C. Zygotic
D. Gametic
A. genus
B. phylum
C. order
D. specie

600secs
Type BR
B. Protista
C. Fungi
D. Achaebacteria
A. Cumbersome
B. Inaccurate
C. not descriptive
D. Latin
A. Sporic
B. Somatic
C. Zygotic
D. Gametic
A. genus
B. phylum
C. order
D. specie

600secs
Type BS
B. Protista
C. Fungi
D. Achaebacteria
A. Cumbersome
B. Inaccurate
C. not descriptive
D. Latin
A. Sporic
B. Somatic
C. Zygotic
D. Gametic
A. genus
B. phylum
C. order
D. specie

600secs
Type BT
B. Protista
C. Fungi
D. Achaebacteria
A. Cumbersome
B. Inaccurate
C. not descriptive
D. Latin
A. Sporic
B. Somatic
C. Zygotic
D. Gametic
A. genus
B. phylum
C. order
D. specie

600secs
Type BU
B. Protista
C. Fungi
D. Achaebacteria
A. Cumbersome
B. Inaccurate
C. not descriptive
D. Latin
A. Sporic
B. Somatic
C. Zygotic
D. Gametic
A. genus
B. phylum

C. order
D. specie
600secs
TypeBV
B. Protista
C. Fungi
D. Achaebacteria
A. Cumbersome
B. Inaccurate
C. not descriptive
D. Latin
A. Sporic
B. Somatic
C. Zygotic
D. Gametic

A. genus
B. phylum
C. order
D. specie
600secs
Type BW
B. Protista
C. Fungi
D. Achaebacteria
A. Cumbersome
B. Inaccurate
C. not descriptive
D. Latin
A. Sporic

B. Somatic
C. Zygotic
D. Gametic
A. genus
B. phylum
C. order
D. specie
600secs
Type BX
B. Protista
C. Fungi
D. Achaebacteria
A. Cumbersome
B. Inaccurate
C. not descriptive

D. Latin
A. Sporic
B. Somatic
C. Zygotic
D. Gametic
A. genus
B. phylum
C. order
D. specie
600secs
Type BY
B. Protista
C. Fungi
D. Achaebacteria

A. Cumbersome
B. Inaccurate
C. not descriptive
D. Latin
A. Sporic
B. Somatic
C. Zygotic
D. Gametic
A. genus
B. phylum
C. order
D. specie
600secs
Type BZ
B. Protista

C. Fungi
D. Achaebacteria
A. Cumbersome
B. Inaccurate
C. not descriptive
D. Latin
A. Sporic
B. Somatic
C. Zygotic
D. Gametic
A. genus
B. phylum
C. order
D. specie
600secs
Type CA
relationships

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