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Biology Grade 9 Unit 2: Characteristics and Classification of Organisms

national exam questions have come from this unit. It runs 24 pages; one careful study pass takes about 2.0 hours, and its difficulty is easier among Biology units. Each section below lists the questions set from it, with the year, and opens the page that teaches it.

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2.1 Characteristics of living things · read p. 20
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2.2 Taxonomy of living things · read p. 20
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2.2.1 Principles of classification · read p. 20
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2.2.2 Taxonomic hierarchies in biological classification · read p. 22
  • 2015 E.C., Q32 – Which of the following characteristics of cells is found only in prokaryotic cell?
  • 2008 E.C., Q21 – If two species are known to belong to the same order ,they must also belong to the same which taxonomic categories?
2.3 Relevance of classification · read p. 24
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2.4 Linnaean system of nomenclature · read p. 25
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2.5 Common Ethiopian animals and plants · read p. 26
  • 2014 E.C., Q10 – Which one of the following statements is correct about the binomial nomenclature?
2.6 The five-kingdom system of classification · read p. 28
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2.6.1 Kingdom Monera · read p. 28
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2.6.2 Kingdom Protista · read p. 31
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2.6.3 Kingdom Fungi · read p. 33
  • 2010 E.C., Q9 – What is the name of a major group of eukaryotic organisms that obtain their nutrition using extracellular digestion?
  • 2005 E.C., Q56 – Under which of the following groups can the fungi be more conveniently placed?
2.6.4 Kingdom Plantae · read p. 35
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2.6.5 Kingdom Animalia · read p. 36
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2.7 Renowned Taxonomists in Ethiopia · read p. 39
  • 2017 E.C., Q29 – In which one of the following alternatives the whole list contains characteristics of animals?
  • 2017 E.C., Q14 – A biology teacher provided common names of three organisms; human being, dog and housefly to his students to write the correct scientific names of each organism. In which of the following ways should the students write t
  • 2016 E.C., Q57 – The binomial system of naming developed by Linnaeus comprises two names. Which hierarchical groups are used?
  • 2015 E.C., Q87 – The names of which two taxa are used in binomial nomenclature?
  • 2015 E.C., Q47 – One of the following renowned Ethiopian biologists has developed a vaccine for the rinderpest disease.
  • 2006 E.C., Q59 – Which one of the following characteristic is UNNECESSARY for an object to be considered a living thing?