Please Select the FALSE Statement Regarding Taxonomic Hierarchy

question 54

Multiple Choice

Please select the FALSE statement regarding taxonomic hierarchy.

• A) A species is a group of closely related strains or an organism; it is the basic unit of taxonomy.
• B) A genus is a collection of related species.
• C) A phylum is a collection of similar classes; it may also be called a division.
• D) A domain is a collection of similar kingdoms; there are three domains: Bacteria, Archaea, and Animalia.
• E) A kingdom is a group of several phyla or divisions; a collection of similar kingdoms makes up a domain.

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Definitions:

Quantifier

A symbol or phrase in formal logic used to specify the quantity of specimens in the domain of discourse that satisfy an open formula.

Open Sentences

Statements in mathematics containing one or more variables, whose truth or falsity can vary depending on the values of these variables.

Scope

The portion of a statement in symbolic notation that is governed by a quantifier.

Truth-Functional Compound

A complex statement formed by combining simpler statements with logical connectives, where the truth value depends solely on the truth value of its components.