EXAM PAPER 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
SOLUTIONS GRADED A+
◉ Taxonomy. Answer: the naming and arranging of living organisms
into groups
◉ Phylogeny. Answer: evolutionary history
◉ Histones. Answer: proteins that DNA is wrapped around to form
chromosomes
◉ Introns. Answer: sequences of pairs in DNA that are transcribed but
NOT translated: NON-CODING
(not used to form mRNA)
◉ Exons. Answer: sequences of pairs in DNA that are transcribed AND
translated: CODING
(used to form mRNA)
◉ Binomial System of Nomenclature. Answer: System of classifying
organisms by 2 name system
(bi=2, nomen=name)
, Latin or Greek
"Genus species"
◉ Rules of Binomial Nomenclature. Answer: 1. Genus = Uppercase
2. species = lowercase
3. Italics if typed
4. Underlined if handwritten
◉ Aristotle Classification. Answer: used until 1400s
◉ Carolus Linneaus Classification. Answer: 1700s to now
◉ Hierarchy of Taxa (7). Answer: Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
◉ Taxon. Answer: a taxonomic group of any rank
EX: species, family, class