Binomial Nomenclature
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What is nomenclature?
why do all organisms need a scientific name
What do you mean by body symmetry? Classify animals on the basis of it.
What is a easier way to remember the taxonomy?
The third name In trinomial nomenclature is__________.
The scientific name of frog is Rana tigrina. What does tigrina indicate?
The species name
The generic name
The family name
The class name
Why are scientific names of living beings considered better than their common names ?
Which among the following statements defines omega taxonomy?
It includes morphological description only.
It includes the description and naming of organisms
It is based on information such as cytology in addition to morphology and phylogenetical characters.
None of the above
Define systematics.
The scientific name of rice is . What can be deduced from this information?
Rice is a monocotyledon
Rice is the principal cereal in many parts of India.
Rice belongs to genus Oryza and species sativa
Rice gives large amount of energy.
The names of which two taxa are used in binomial nomenclature?
Give the scientific names of man, domestic cat, and peepal tree.
Fact 1: All chickens are birds.
Fact 2: Some chickens are hens.
Fact 3: Female birds lay eggs.
If the first three statements are facts, which of the following statements must also be a fact?
All birds lay eggs
Some Hens are birds
Some chickens are not hens
What language does taxonomy use?
Whta is the scientific name of humans?
What is main advantage of using scientific name?
- Rice is the main crop in many parts of India.
- Rice is the main source of carbohydrate.
- Rice is monocotyledon.
- Rice belongs to the genus Oryza and species sativa.
From which species do tigers belong?
Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?
(A) Poikilosmotic – Animals show osmotic changes with respect to the environment.
(B) Homoiosmotic – Animals maintain body fluid concentrations constant irrespective of fluctuations in the
environmental concentrations.
(C) Euryhaline – Animals withstand aquatic media of wide range of salt concentrations.
(D) Stenohaline – Animals survive with a wide range of salinities
B, C, D
B & C
A, C, D
A, B, C
Rewrite the following scientific names correctly. ficus religiosa (peepal), zea Mays (maize) and Bombyx Mori (silk moth).
Which one of the following is an example of the binomial scientific name?
(a) Green alga (b) Snow leopard
(c) Rana tigrina (d) China-rose
- Classification
- Nomenclature
- Speciation
- Division
Write scientific name of one animal and one plant.
What does the word ‘taxonomy’ refer to?
The system of scientific naming was first introduced by:
Carolus Linnaeus
- R. H Whittaker
- Aristotle
- Charles Darwin
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