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Are chemosynthetic bacteria autotrophic or heterotrophic?

Important Questions on Biological Classification

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NCERT Exemplar Biology - Class 11>Chapter 2 - Biological Classification>VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS>Q 6
The common name of pea is simpler than its botanical (scientific) name Pisum sativum. Why then is the simpler common name not used instead of the complex scientific/ botanical name in biology?
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NCERT Exemplar Biology - Class 11>Chapter 2 - Biological Classification>VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS>Q 7
A virus is considered as a living organism and an obligate parasite when inside a host cell. But virus is not classified along with bacteria or fungi. What are the characters of virus that are similar to non-living objects?
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NCERT Exemplar Biology - Class 11>Chapter 2 - Biological Classification>VERY SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS>Q 8
In the five-kingdom system of Whittaker, how many kingdoms are eukaryotes?
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NCERT Exemplar Biology - Class 11>Chapter 2 - Biological Classification>SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS>Q 1
Diatoms are also called as 'pearls of ocean', why? What is diatomaceous earth ?
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NCERT Exemplar Biology - Class 11>Chapter 2 - Biological Classification>SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS>Q 2
There is a myth that immediately after heavy rains in forest, mushrooms appear in large number and make a very large ring or circle, which may be several metres in diameter. These are called as 'Fairy rings'. Can you explain this myth of fairy rings in biological terms?
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NCERT Exemplar Biology - Class 11>Chapter 2 - Biological Classification>SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS>Q 3
Neurospora - an ascomycetes fungus has been used as a biological tool to understand the mechanism of plant genetics much in the same way as Drosophila has been used to study animal genetics. What makes Neurospora so important as a genetic tool?
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NCERT Exemplar Biology - Class 11>Chapter 2 - Biological Classification>SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS>Q 4
Cyanobacteria and heterotrophic bacteria have been clubbed together in Eubacteria of kingdom Monera as per the "Five Kingdom Classification" even though the two are vastly different from each other. Is this grouping of the two types of taxa in the same kingdom justified? If so, why?
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NCERT Exemplar Biology - Class 11>Chapter 2 - Biological Classification>SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS>Q 5
At a stage of their cycle, ascomycetes fungi produce the fruiting bodies like apothecium, perithecium or cleistothecium. How are these three types of fruiting bodies different from each other?