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Biology for Secondary Schools
(d) The lowest rank in classification is the genus. __________
(e) Classification is based on similarities and differences among organisms.
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3. Differentiate:
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(a) Classification from taxonomy.
(b) Natural from artificial systems of classification.
4. Explain the concept of the biological species.
5. How would you apply the concept of classification in a real-world context?
6. Starting from the highest rank, outline the hierarchical ranks of classification
in biology.
7. Explain why a chicken and a duck cannot interbreed even if they are kept in
the same coop.
8. In a biology class, your fellow students classified pigeon and butterfly in the
same group based on the presence of wings. Explain the shortcomings of
their classification.
9. Diana wrote the scientific name of human beings as homosapiens. Explain
why she was wrong.
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