The living World Part 2

Question 1

Man

Answer 1

Biological Name - Homo sapiens
Genus - Homo
Family - Homindae
Order - Primata
Class - Mammalia
Phylum/Division - Chordata

Question 2

Housefly

Answer 2

Biological Name - Musca domestica
Genus - Musca
Family - Muscidae
Order - Diptera
Class - Insecta
Phylum/Division - Arthropoda

Question 3

Mango

Answer 3

Biological Name - Mangifera indica
Genus - Mangifera
Family - Anacardiaceae
Order - Sapindales
Class - Dicotyledonae
Phylum/Division - Angiospermae

Question 4

Wheat

Answer 4

Biological Name - Triticum aestivum
Genus - Triticum
Family - Poaceae
Order - Poales
Class - Monocotyledonae
Phylum/Division - Angiospermae

Question 5

Herbarium

Answer 5

it is a store house of plant specimens that are dried, pressed and preserved on sheets and are arranged according to universally accepted classification
Herbarium sheets are labelled with information about date and place of collection, English, local and botanical names, family, collectors names wtc

Question 6

Botanical gardens

Answer 6

Specialized gardens having collections of living plants for reference and identification, each plant is labeled with its botanical name and family.

Question 7

Famous botanical gardens

Answer 7

1. Royal Botanical Garden at Kew (England)
2. Indian Botanical Garden Howrah (west bengal, india)
3. National Botanical research institute, Lucknow (India)

Question 8

Biological museum

Answer 8

It is a collection of preserved plants and animals for study and reference

Question 9

What does a museum contain?

Answer 9

1. Specimens preserved in preservative solutions in containers or jars.
2. Dried specimens of plants and animals.
3. Insects preserved in insect boxes after collecting, killing and pinning.
4. stuffed larger animals like birds and mammals.
5. Collections of animal skeletons.

Question 10

Zoological parks (zoo)

Answer 10

These are the places where live wild animals are kept in protected environments under human care.
it helps to learn about their food habits and behaviour.

Question 11

Key

Answer 11

it is an analytical method of identification of organisms based on similarities and dissimilarities.

Question 12

couplet

Answer 12

key is based on the contrasting characters generally in a pair called couplet.
Each couplet has two opposite options. Of these, only relevant option is accepted and the other is rejected

Question 13

lead

Answer 13

each statement in the key is called a lead

Question 14

flora

Answer 14

it is the actual account of habitat and distribution of plant species of a given area

Question 15

manuals

Answer 15

Manuals are the record that contains information for identification of names of species found in an area

Question 16

Monographs

Answer 16

these are the records that contain information on any one taxon

Question 17

Catalogue

Answer 17

It is an alphabetical list of species