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…………….is called the Darwin of 20th century.

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Ernst mayr

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Ernst Mayr was born at…………. Germany/England.

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Kempton Germany

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Ernst Mayr is known for

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Given the defination of biological species

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Increase in…………and……….are twin characteristics of growth

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Mass and no.

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Growth and reproduction are mutually exclusive in.

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Higher plants and animales

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Living organism grow intrinsically/extrinsically

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Intrinsically

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Growth is a defining property of living organism. T / F

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F

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Reproduction is a defining property of living organism. T / F

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False

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In……………
true regeneration is seen.

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Planaria

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Fragmentation is seen in…………..
…………….. , …………………

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Fungi , Filamentous algae , protonema or mosses

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In ………….growth is synonymous with reproduction.

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Unicellular organism

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…………… ,……………don’t reproduce.

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Mules and sterile workers bees

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Define Metabolism

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Sum total of all chemical reactions occurring
in our body

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An isolated metabolic reaction outside the body, performed in a test tube is non living. T/F

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F

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Metabolism is a defining feature of living organisms. T/F

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T

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Isolated metabolic reactions are living reactions. T/F

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T

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Isolated metabolic reactions are non living things. T/F

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T

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Cellular organisation is a defining feature. T/F

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T

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Tell all the defining features of living organisms. (3)

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Metabolism
Cellular organisation
Consciousness

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Most obvious and technically complicated feature on living organism is ______ (NEET

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Consciousness

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Photoperiod affects reproduction in animals. T/F

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T

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Only organism which is aware of himself is _______ because it have _________

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Human , self consciousness

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Properties of tissues are present in the constituent cells. T/F

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F

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Properties of tissues arise due to –

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Interactions among the molecular components comprising the organells

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Number of species known and described range between _____-_____ million/billion
1.7 to 1.8 million
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Agreed principles and criteria for plants are provided by ______
ICBN
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Animals are named by ________
ICZN
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Founder of Taxonomy is
Aristole
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Carolus Linnaeus gave ________
Binomial Nomenclature
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Biological names are generally in _____ and written in ______
Latin , italics
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Specific epithet starts with a small letter. T/F
T
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Classification is based on some easily observable characters. T/F
T
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What is a taxa ?
Convient categories used to study organism
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"Wheat", "Human", "animal", they all are taxa. T/F
T
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Basis of modern taxonomic studies are (5)
External structure, internal structure, cell structure, developmental process and ecological information of organism
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The process of classification is called ________
Taxonomy
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4 processes which are basic to taxonomy are –
Characterization Identification Classification Taxonomy
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Earlier classification were on the basis of ______
Use of organism
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'systema' means systematic arrangement of organism. T/F
T
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Linnaeus title of publication was
Systema Naturae
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Systematics take into account evolutionary relationships between the organisms. T/F
T
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The taxonomic groups are distinct biological entities and not merely morphological aggregates. T/F
T
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Name the taxonomic categories from highest to lowest.
Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species
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Solanum genus include which three species?
Nigrum Melongena Tuberosum
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Panthera include which 3 species
Leo, tigris , pardus
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Potato scientific name
Solanum tuberosum
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Brinjal scientific name
Solanum melnogena
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Makoi scientific name
Solanum nigrium
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Felis genus include?
Cats
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Families are characterized on the basis of _________ and _________ features of plant species.
Vegetative and Reproductive
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Family Solanaceae contains genera (3)
Solanum petunia datura
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Family of leopard is
Felidae
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Felidae contains genus ____ and _____
Panthera felis
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Suffix of family is ______ in plants and ______ in animals.
aceae , dae
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Order polymoniales contains family ________ and _________ based on ______ characters
Convululaceae , solanceace , florals
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Suffix of order is _______ in plants.
Ales
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Carnivora is a order. T/F
T
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Carnivora is a order. T/F
T
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Mammalia contains order ________ and ________
Primata and carnivora
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As we go lower in taxa, number of common characteristics increase. T/F
T
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Family and order of housefly
Muscidae and diptera
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Genus, family and order of wheat?
Triticum , poaceace , ,poales
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Family and order of humans?
Hominidae Primata
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Family and order of mango?
Ancardiacaeae Sapindales
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Definition of Herbarium?
Herbarium is a store house of collected plant specimens that are dried, pressed and preserved on sheets.
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_______ is serve as a quick referral system in taxonomic studies.
Herbarium
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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
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What are botanical gardens?
They have collection of living plants and animals for reference
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Each plant label indicate its _______ name and ______
Scientific and family
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Kew is located in _______
England
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Name three famous botanical garden and where they are situated.
Kew (England), Indian Botanical Garden, Howrah (India) and National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow (India)
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In museum, insects are preserved after _______, ________ and ________
Collecting , killing and pinning
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How are larger animals preserved?
Stuffing
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Museums have collection of skeleton of animals too. T/F
T
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Zoological parks help us to learn about animal ______ and ______
Food habitats and behaviour
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Key is used to identify plant only. T/F
F
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Keys are based on ______ generally in a pair called _______
Contrasting characters Couplet
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Each statement in the key is called a ______
Lead
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Separate taxonomic keys are not required for each taxonomic category. T/F
F
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Keys are ________ in nature.
Analytical
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_________ contains the actual account of habitat and distribution of plants of a given area.
Flora
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Manuals are useful for
Book having listing and description of plant in a particular area
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Monographs contain
Info about any one taxon
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What is Catalogue ?
Alphabetical arrangement of species

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