living world

Question 1

how many species have been described

Answer 1

1.7-1.8 million

Question 2

,what is biodiversity

Answer 2

number or types of organisms present on earth

Question 3

what is nomenclature

Answer 3

the process of standardising the naming of living organisms such that s particular organism is known by the same name all over the world

Question 4

what is identification

Answer 4

the organism is described correctly

Question 5

what organisation gives the principle and critera for giving scientific names of plants

Answer 5

International code for botanical nomenclature

Question 6

what organisation gave the principles and criteria for naming animals

Answer 6

international code of zoological nomenclature

Question 7

what do scientific names ensure

Answer 7

that the organism has only one name

Question 8

what components does each name have

Answer 8

a generic name and a specific epithet

Question 9

the system of providing a name with two components is called

Answer 9

binomial nomenclature

Question 10

binomial nomenclature is given by

Answer 10

carolus linnaeus

Question 11

scientific name of mango

Answer 11

Mangifera indica

Question 12

scientific name of mango

Answer 12

Mangifera indica

Question 13

rule 1 of binomial nomenclature

Answer 13

biological names are usually written in latin and italics

Question 14

rule 2 of binomial nomenclature

Answer 14

names are latinised sre derived from latin

Question 15

rule 3

Answer 15

the first word is the Genus and the second is specific epithet

Question 16

rule 4

Answer 16

both worde are underlined ehen handwritten or typed in italics to indicate their latin origin

Question 17

rule 5

Answer 17

the first words denoting the genus starts with a capital letter whereas the specific epithet does not

Question 18

where is the name of the author indicated

Answer 18

after the specific epithet in abbreviated form

Question 19

who was the first to describe Mangifera indica Linn

Answer 19

Carolus linnaeus; Mang

Question 20

what is classification

Answer 20

it is the process of groupinh anything into convenient categories based of observable characters

Question 21

what is the scientific term for categories

Answer 21

taxa

Question 22

process of classifying organisms into different taxa is called

Answer 22

taxonomy

Question 23

what forms the basis of taxonomical studies

Answer 23

external, internal structure, structure of cell, development process, ecological information

Question 24

processes basic to taxonomy

Answer 24

characterization, identification and, classification, nomenclature

Question 25

what were the earliest classification based on

Answer 25

the use of the organism

Question 26

what is systema

Answer 26

the systematic arrangement of organisms

Question 27

title oof Carl linnaeus ‘s publication

Answer 27

systema naturae

Question 28

what does the scope of systematics include

Answer 28

identification, nomenclature, classification

Question 29

what does systematics take in account

Answer 29

evolutionary relationships