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XI: Chapter 1- The Living World Flashcards

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1
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What are the twin characteristics of growth?

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Increase in mass and increase in number of individuals.

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Mule is the hybrid of?

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Male donkey and female horse

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3
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Hinny is the hybrid of?

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Female donkey and male horse

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The number and type of organisms present on earth comprise

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Biodiversity

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The process of grouping things into categories based on easily observable characters is called

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Classification

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Process of classification in which organisims are classified into taxa is known as

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Taxonomy

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The branch of biology that deals with identification, nomenclature and classification while also taking into account the evolutionary relationship between organisms is callled

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Systematics

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What is difference between taxa and category?

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Taxa- a group of living organisms

Category- rank of the taxa

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A group of individual organisms with fundamental similarities is known as

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Species

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10
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Convolvulaceae and Solanaceae are included in which order? What is this classification based on?

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They are included in order Polymoniales based on floral characters.

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11
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As we go higher from species to kingdom the number of common characteristics goes on

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Decreasing

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12
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Give the taxonomical classification of humans.

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sapiens (species)
Homo (genus)
Homonidae (family)
Primata (order)
Mammalia (class)
Chordata (phylum)
Animalia (kingdom)
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13
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Give the taxonomical classification of housefly.

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domestica (species)
Musca (genus)
Muscidae (family)
Diptera (order)
Insecta (class)
Arthropoda (phylum)
Animalia (kingdom)
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Give the taxonomical classification of mango.

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indica (species)
Mangifera (genus)
Anacardiaceae (family)
Sapindales (order)
Dicotyledonae (class)
Angiospermae (division)
Plantae (kindgom)
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Give the taxonomical classification of wheat.

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aestivum (species)
Triticum (genus)
Poaceae (family)
Poales (order)
Monocotyledonae (class)
Angiospermae (division)
Plantae (kingdom)
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16
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What serve as quick referral systems in taxonomical studies?

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Herbariums

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17
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What is the size of a herbarium sheet?

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29 cm by 41 cm

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What information does the herbarium sheet label provide?

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1) Date and place of collection
2) English, local and botanical names
3) Family
4) Collector’s name

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Herbarium sheets are arranged according to which system of classification?

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Bentham and Hooker classification

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20
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What do the labels on specimens in a botanical garden describe?

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Scientific name and family

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Which is the largest botanical garden of the world?

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Royal botanical garden, Kew, England

It has 6 million specimes.

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Which is the largest botanical garden of India?

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Indian Botanical Garden, Sibpur, Howrah, Kolkata

It has 2 million specimens.

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23
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How are insects preserved in a museum?

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Insects are preserved in insect boxes after collecting, killing and pinning.

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What are keys based on?

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Similarities and dissimilarities between organisms

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25
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What is a flora?

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Flora contains actual account of habitat and distribution of plants in a given area.

26
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What provides an index to plant specimens in an area?

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Flora

27
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What provide information for identification of names of species of an area?

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Manuals

28
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Who gave the trinomial system of nomenclature?

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Huxley and Stricklandt

29
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Tautonyms are scietific names with

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Same genric name and specific epithet (for eg. Naja naja)

30
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Autonyms are scientific names with

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Same specific epithet and subspecies (for eg. Homo sapiens sapiens)

31
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Tribe lies between which two taxa?

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Family and genus

32
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Who is the father of taxonomy?

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Carolus Linnaeus

33
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Who gave the term systematics?

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The first authentic use of this word was done by C Linnaeus in his book Systema Naturae.

34
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Who gave the term new systematics?

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Huxley

35
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Who gave the term species?

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John Ray

36
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Who gave the term taxonomy?

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Candolle

37
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Father of Indian taxonomy is

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Satapu

38
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Who gave the term phylum?

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Haeckel

39
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Where is Lloyd Botanical Garden located?

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Darjeeling

40
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Which botanical garden is found in Lucknow?

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National Botanical Garden

41
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What is a cladogram?

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Tree like graphical representation of taxonomic hierarchy.

42
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What is the basis of alpha taxonomy?

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Morphology

43
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What is the basis of beta taxonomy?

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Genetics, anatomy, cytology, etc

44
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What is the basis of gamma taxonomy?

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Phyllogeny

45
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Experimental taxonomy is related with establishing

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Genetic relationships

46
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Unlimited growth is found in

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Plants

47
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What type of growth do algae and fungi show?

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Diffused growth

48
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What kind of growth does the pollen tube show?

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Apical growth

49
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Give two examples of amphibolic reactions.

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Glycolysis and Kerb’s cycle

50
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Expand ICNCP

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International Code for Nomenclature of Cultivated Plants

51
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Series lies between the taxa

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Domain and Kingdom

52
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The lowest unit of taxonomic hierarchy is

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Species

53
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“Species is a group of morphologically and structurally similar organisms which can interbreed to produce fertile offsprings.”

This definition was proposed by?

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Ernst Mayr

54
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What is an example of monotypic genus?

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Lycoperscion, which has only one species- Lycopersicon esculentum (tomato).

55
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Herbarium sheets are sprayed with which chemical?

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Mercuric chloride

56
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Where is the largest herbarium of the world?

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Inside Royal Botanical Garden, Kew

57
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Where is the largest herbarium of India?

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Inside Indian Botanical Garden, Kolkata

58
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Which is the largest zoo of the world?

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CRUGAR, South Africa

59
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Which is the largest zoo of India?

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National Zoological Park (New Delhi)

60
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Which solution is used to prserve specimens in a museum?

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FAA solution (formalin, acetone and alcohol)

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