WAEC (WASSCE) Biology · Concept of living
Classification: WAEC Biology Past Questions and Answers
What the WAEC syllabus covers in Classification
Our summary: Telling living from non-living things and sorting organisms into the five kingdoms by their features.
- Living and non-living things (Classification of objects into living and non-living, giving examples of each group. Viruses should be mentioned as a link between living and non living things.)
- Classification of living things into Kingdoms: Monera, Protoctista (Protista), Fungi, Plantae, Animalia (Kingdom Monera (Prokaryotes), single-celled, motile or non-motile organisms without definite nucleus e.g. bacteria and blue-green algae. Major characteristics of the major phyla of Kingdoms Protoctista and Fungi. Kingdom Protista (Eukaryotes), single-celled, motile or non-motile organisms. Cell structure complex with definite nucleus e.g. Chlamydomonas, Amoeba. Major phyla of Kingdom Protoctista include: Rhizopoda, Zoomastigina, Apicomplexa, Ciliophora, Euglenophyta, Oomycota, Chlorophyta, Rhodophyta and Phaeophyta. Kingdom Fungi (Eukaryotes), mainly non-motile organisms composed of hyphae containing nuclei e.g. moulds, mushrooms and Rhizopus. Major phyla of Kingdom Fungi include: Zygomycota, Ascomycota and Basidiomycota. Kingdom Plantae (Eukaryotes), mainly multicellular non-motile organisms which contain chlorophyll that enable them to photosynthesize e.g. mosses, ferns, pines, oil palms and yam plants. Characteristics of the major divisions and classes: Bryophyta (Hepaticae, Musci), Lycopodophyta, Filicinophyta, Coniferophyta, Cycadophyta and Angiospermophyta (Monocotyledoneae and Dicotyledoneae). Kingdom Animalia (Eukaryotes), multicellular motile organisms that feed on other organisms e.g. corals, worms, insects, snails, fishes, frogs, snakes, monkeys, cows. Characteristics of the major phyla and classes of Kingdom Animalia. The external features of the following organisms should be mentioned: cockroach, butterfly, Tilapia, toad/frog, lizard, domestic fowl/pigeon.)
- Differences between plants and animals
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WAEC (WASSCE) Biology questions on Classification
- WAEC 2024Which of the following organisms contains Chlorophyll in its cells?
- WAEC 2024Species are groups of organisms that
- WAEC 2023Study the list of organisms below and use them to answer the questions. I-Hydra II-Owl III-Snake IV-Snail The Phylum of the organism labeled IV is
- WAEC 2023Study the list of organisms below and use them to answer the questions. I-Hydra II-Owl III-Snake IV-Snail The arrangement of the organisms in order of…
- WAEC 2022which of the following statements about living things is correct?
- WAEC 2020The organism with spiral chloroplasts and nucleus suspended by cytoplasmic strands is
- WAEC 2020Use the following Classes of Arthropoda to answer the question below I. Crustacea II. Insecta III. Arachinda IV. Chilopoda Which of the classes is characterised…
- WAEC 2020Use the following Classes of Arthropoda to answer the question below I. Crustacea II. Insecta III. Arachinda IV. Chilopoda Which members of the classes live…
- WAEC 2018Which of the following statements is true about arthropods?
- WAEC 2018The scientist who introduced binomial nomenclature in the classification of organisms was
- WAEC 2017Which of the following groups of organisms do not have members that can be called autotrophs?
- WAEC 2017Which of the following groups of animals do not possess a nervous system?
- WAEC 2015Which of the following organisms is not a protozoan?
- WAEC 2015Which of the following characteristic features is not associated with monocotyledonous plants?
- WAEC 2014Which of the following is a living organism?
- WAEC 2013In which of the following levels of classification are the members most similar?
- WAEC 2013An animal which possesses scales nares and a backbone is likely to be a
- WAEC 2013Ascaris lumbricoides is a parasitic
- WAEC 2012The science of life is referred to as
- WAEC 2011A monocot root IS different from a dicot root by having
- WAEC 2011The branch of Biology that deals with the principles of classification of organisms is known as
- WAEC 2010Which of the following characteristics do fungi share in common with animals?
- WAEC 2010Which if the following organisms is not classified as an animal?
Years with Classification questions in DeeepSolve's question bank
From the past questions DeeepSolve holds, not a count of everything the exam body has set.
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