IGCSE Characteristics and Classification

An animal with a backbone is referred to as a..

How many groups of organisms are classified under arthropods?

Taxonomy is defined as..

What is the missing animalia kingdom?... "animals, plants, prokaryotes, protoctista".

How many characteristics of life are there?

"Homo" in "Homo sapiens" refers to which part of the 2 part scientific name?

Approximately when did the first living organisms appear on Earth?

DNA profiles are the most reliable method of classification.

Viruses are classified by...

New species today are classified based on their physical features.

A species is a group of organisms that can mate to produce infertile offspring with other members of the same species.

"organisms that make their own food". Which type of feeding mode does this refer to?

Protoctists and prokaryotes are always multi-cellular

Viruses are classified as non living organisms.

Who invented hierarchical classification?

"Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species" refers to which type of classification?

What is the correct order of hierarchical classification from largest to smallest?

What are the 2 groups of angiosperms in plants?

The binomial system of nomenclature gives organisms how many parts in their scientific name?

How many possible answers to a question in a dichotomous key?