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The Living World Flashcards

1
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Amoeba

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Binary fission

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2
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Extrinsic growth

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Snow mountain

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3
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Intron

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No protein production

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4
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Hydra

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Budding

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5
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No reproduction

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Mute worker bees,infertile human couples etc

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6
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In vitro

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Outside

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7
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Which organism show true regeneration

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Planaria

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Reproduction

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Not exclusive defining characteristic of living organism

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Filamentous fungi,bryophyte..Mosses..protenema stage,fil. Algae

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Fragmentation

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10
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Sum total of all chemical reactions in body

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Metabolism

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11
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Synthesis of molecules

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Anabolism

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12
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Break down of molecules

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Catabolism

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13
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Defining feature of living organism

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Metabolism ,sensitivity

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14
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Carolus linnaeus1751

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Binomial nomenclature

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15
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Glucose synthesis by green plants

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Anabolic reaction

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16
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Variability found among living organism

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Biodiversity ..Greek.. bio..life diversity.. forms

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17
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Sensitivity

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Ability to detect change in the environment and give responses according

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18
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Any change detected by organism

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Stimulus

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19
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Photo period

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Length of day

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20
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Self consciousness

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Only for human beings

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21
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Scientific names are usually

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Latin

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22
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Categorising organism on the basis of easily observable character

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Classification

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23
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The specific term for the specific character of specific organism

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Taxa

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Branch of science dealing with the study of principles and procedures of classification

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Taxonomy

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25
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Taxonomy based on observable morphological characters

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Classical taxonomy

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Modern taxonomy studies

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Study of external, internal, cell structure,development process, and ecological information of organism

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Systema -Latin

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Means systemic arrangement of organism

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Processes that are basic to taxonomy

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Characterisation,identification, classification and nomenclature

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29
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Aristotle 384-322BC

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divided living organism into animals,plants and human beings

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29
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Systematics

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Branch of science dealing with the diversity and comparative and evolutionary relationship between living organism

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30
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Systema naturae

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Book of Carolus Linnaeus

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32
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Taxonomy-Greek

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Taxis and momos

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33
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Systematics

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Characterisation, identification, nomenclature, classification along with evolutionary study

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34
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Reasons for large scale biodiversity

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Adaptation, change in genetic constitution,isolation

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35
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Vedic literature

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740 plants and 250 animals are identified and classified

36
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Life history of organism

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Evolutionary history of organism

38
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Taxonomy +phylogeny

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Systematics

39
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Cabbage

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Brassica oleracea var.capitata

40
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Classical or old or descriptive systematics

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Based on morphological characters-basic unit is species -pioneer workers Aristotle and Linnaeus

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New systematics or bio systematics or neo systematics

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Based on all characters -basic unit-population or sub species for new systematics .Term coined by Julian Huxley

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Founder of taxonomy

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Trinomial nomenclature

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Proposed by Lamarck-3words

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Indian cow

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Corvus Splendans Splendans

46
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Gorilla

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Gorilla gorilla gorilla

46
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Indian Babul

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Acacia Nilotica var indica

47
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Father of biology

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Father of zoology

49
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Binomial epithet of garden pea

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Pisum sativum Linn

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Father of botany

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Theophrastus

51
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Standardisation of scientific name for plants

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ICBN and ICNCP

52
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Father of Indian botany or Indian herbaria

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William Rouxburgh

53
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Taxonomic category

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Unit of classification and represent rank in taxonomic hierarchy

54
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Taxon (plural -taxa)

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grouping of organism based on easily observable common characteristics

55
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Existing species today

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5-30 million

56
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Classification

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Study organism easy and simple

57
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All taxonomic categories together constitute

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Taxonomic hierarchy

58
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The word taxon signifies

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Taxonomic group of any rank

59
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Taxonomically or scientifically known no. of species

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1.7million or13 percent or17 lakh

60
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7 obligate categories

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Kingdom,phylum. -animals division-plants,class,order,family,genus,species KPCOFGS

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Specificity

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Decrease from species to kingdom which means higher category no. of similar characteristics less

62
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Taxonomic hierarchy

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Species serves as the basic and lowest category

63
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Species

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Organism capable of interbreeding and production of fertile offspring

64
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Potato

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Solanum tuberosum ..solanum-genus ..tuberosum..species

65
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Black night shade or Makol

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Solanum nigrum

66
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Brinjal,Eggplant

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Solanum melange a

67
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Dog

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Canis familiaris

68
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Wolf

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Canis lupus

69
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Jackal

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Canis aureus

70
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Lion

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Panthers Leo

71
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Tiger

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Panthera Tigris

72
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Leopard

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Panthera pardus

73
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Biological concept of species -interbreeding that are reproductively isolated from such other groups

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Ernst Mayr

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Humans

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Homo sapiens

75
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Genus with only one species

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Monotypic genus-Homo sapiens

76
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Genus with more than one species

77
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All related species are kept under

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One common genus

78
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Solanaceae family

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3 genera-Solanum,Patunia,Datura

79
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Liliaceae family

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2 genera-Allium,Colchicum

80
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Felidae family

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2-Felis-cat,Panthera-lion, tiger and snow leopard,

81
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Carnivora order

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Family2-Felidae,canidae(both have canine teeth

82
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Polymoniales order(similar floral characters)

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5 family-solanaceae, convolvulaceae, 3 more

83
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Class mammalia -milk producing glands and hair on skin

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3orders-rodentia-rats,primata-monkey,gorilla and gibbon,Carnivora-cats and dog

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Phylum chordata -presence of notochord (dorsal hollow neural system)

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Classes-fishes,amphibians,reptiles,birds and mammals

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Kingdom Animalia

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All phyla lack cell wall and chlorophyll

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Kingdom Plantae

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Rigid cell wall,photosynthesis

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