1. Living World Flashcards
…………….is called the Darwin of 20th century.
Ernst mayr
Ernst Mayr was born at…………. Germany/England.
Kempton Germany
Ernst Mayr is known for
Given the defination of biological species
Increase in…………and……….are twin characteristics of growth
Mass and no.
Growth and reproduction are mutually exclusive in.
Higher plants and animales
Living organism grow intrinsically/extrinsically
Intrinsically
Growth is a defining property of living organism. T / F
F
Reproduction is a defining property of living organism. T / F
False
In……………
true regeneration is seen.
Planaria
Fragmentation is seen in…………..
…………….. , …………………
Fungi , Filamentous algae , protonema or mosses
In ………….growth is synonymous with reproduction.
Unicellular organism
…………… ,……………don’t reproduce.
Mules and sterile workers bees
Define Metabolism
Sum total of all chemical reactions occurring
in our body
An isolated metabolic reaction outside the body, performed in a test tube is non living. T/F
F
Metabolism is a defining feature of living organisms. T/F
T
Isolated metabolic reactions are living reactions. T/F
T
Isolated metabolic reactions are non living things. T/F
T
Cellular organisation is a defining feature. T/F
T
Tell all the defining features of living organisms. (3)
Metabolism
Cellular organisation
Consciousness
Most obvious and technically complicated feature on living organism is ______ (NEET
Consciousness
Photoperiod affects reproduction in animals. T/F
T
Only organism which is aware of himself is _______ because it have _________
Human , self consciousness
Properties of tissues are present in the constituent cells. T/F
F
Properties of tissues arise due to –
Interactions among the molecular components comprising the organells
Number of species known and described range between _____-_____ million/billion
1.7 to 1.8 million
Agreed principles and criteria for plants are provided by ______
ICBN
Animals are named by ________
ICZN
Founder of Taxonomy is
Aristole
Carolus Linnaeus gave ________
Binomial Nomenclature
Biological names are generally in _____ and written in ______
Latin , italics
Specific epithet starts with a small letter. T/F
T
Classification is based on some easily observable characters. T/F
T
What is a taxa ?
Convient categories used to study organism
“Wheat”, “Human”, “animal”, they all are taxa. T/F
T
Basis of modern taxonomic studies are (5)
External structure, internal structure,
cell
structure,
developmental process and ecological
information of organism
The process of classification is called ________
Taxonomy
4 processes which are basic to taxonomy are –
Characterization
Identification
Classification
Taxonomy
Earlier classification were on the basis of ______
Use of organism
‘systema’ means systematic arrangement of organism. T/F
T
Linnaeus title of publication was
Systema Naturae
Systematics take into account evolutionary relationships between the organisms. T/F
T
The taxonomic groups are distinct biological entities and not merely morphological aggregates. T/F
T
Name the taxonomic categories from highest to lowest.
Kingdom
Phylum
Class
Order
Family
Genus
Species
Solanum genus include which three species?
Nigrum
Melongena
Tuberosum
Panthera include which 3 species
Leo, tigris , pardus
Potato scientific name
Solanum tuberosum
Brinjal scientific name
Solanum melnogena
Makoi scientific name
Solanum nigrium
Felis genus include?
Cats
Families are characterized on the basis of _________ and _________ features of plant species.
Vegetative and Reproductive
Family Solanaceae contains genera (3)
Solanum petunia datura
Family of leopard is
Felidae
Felidae contains genus ____ and _____
Panthera felis
Suffix of family is ______ in plants and ______ in animals.
aceae , dae
Order polymoniales contains family ________ and _________ based on ______ characters
Convululaceae , solanceace , florals
Suffix of order is _______ in plants.
Ales
Carnivora is a order. T/F
T
Carnivora is a order. T/F
T
Mammalia contains order ________ and ________
Primata and carnivora
As we go lower in taxa, number of common characteristics increase. T/F
T
Family and order of housefly
Muscidae and diptera
Genus, family and order of wheat?
Triticum , poaceace , ,poales
Family and order of humans?
Hominidae
Primata
Family and order of mango?
Ancardiacaeae
Sapindales
Definition of Herbarium?
Herbarium is a store house of collected plant
specimens that are dried, pressed and preserved on
sheets.
_______ is serve as a quick referral system in taxonomic studies.
Herbarium
Herbarium sheet carry label providing info about 7 things. Name them.
date and place of collection, English, local and
botanical names, family, collector’s name
What are botanical gardens?
They have collection of living plants and animals
for reference
Each plant label indicate its _______ name and ______
Scientific and family
Kew is located in _______
England
Name three famous botanical garden and where they are situated.
Kew (England),
Indian Botanical Garden,
Howrah
(India) and National Botanical Research Institute,
Lucknow (India)
In museum, insects are preserved after _______, ________ and ________
Collecting , killing and pinning
How are larger animals preserved?
Stuffing
Museums have collection of skeleton of animals too. T/F
T
Zoological parks help us to learn about animal ______ and ______
Food habitats and behaviour
Key is used to identify plant only. T/F
F
Keys are based on ______ generally in a pair called _______
Contrasting characters
Couplet
Each statement in the key is called a ______
Lead
Separate taxonomic keys are not required for each taxonomic category. T/F
F
Keys are ________ in nature.
Analytical
_________ contains the actual account of habitat and distribution of plants of a given area.
Flora
Manuals are useful for
Book having listing and description of plant in a
particular area
Monographs contain
Info about any one taxon
What is Catalogue ?
Alphabetical arrangement of species
