BIO 101 Textbook Assignment Questions and Answers

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1. Carl Linnaeus 

2. Carl Linnaeus 

3. The four components of classification are:

  a) Classification

  b) Nomenclature

  c) Identification

  d) Characterization

4. Binomial Nomenclature: Binomial nomenclature is a system of naming species using a two-part scientific name, consisting of the genus (capitalized) and specific epithet (lowercase), both italicized or underlined

5. Centrioles

  Centrioles are paired, barrel-shaped organelles found in animal cells, near the nucleus, that play a crucial role in cell division by organizing microtubules into the mitotic spindle. 

6. Chemotaxonomy

  Chemotaxonomy, also known as chemosystematics, is the classification and identification of organisms based on similarities and differences in their biochemical compositions, particularly useful for plant and microbial systematics. 


7. Cryptogams, which are flowerless and seedless plants, are traditionally subdivided into three groups: Thallophyta (algae, fungi, and lichens), Bryophyta (liverworts, hornworts, and mosses), and Pteridophyta (ferns and their allies). 


8. True

  

9. Binomial Nomenclatures of the given organisms:

Common NameGenusSpecific EpithetFull Binomial Nomenclature
MangoMangiferaindicaMangifera indica
ManHomosapiensHomo sapiens
CashewAnacardiumoccidentaleAnacardium occidentale
PineappleAnanascomosusAnanas comosus
CowBostaurusBos taurus
LizardAgamaagamaAgama agama

10. Woese

  The six-kingdom system (which splits the old kingdom Monera into two—Archaebacteria and Eubacteria) is based on advances (notably by Woese) in molecular studies.

11. The five kingdom categories are:

  a) Monera

  b) Protista

  c) Fungi

  d) Plantae

  e) Animalia

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