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Earn 100

Explain artificial system of classification.
Important Questions on Classification of Plants
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Match the following lists:
List | List | ||
A) | Theophrastus | By hybridization and genetic engineering | |
B) | C.G.K. Ramanujam | Electron Microscope | |
C) | Progress in floriculture and forestry | Described the internal and external characters of plants | |
D) | Knoll and Ruska | Developed the science of pollen |
The correct match is

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Assertion (A): Socrates, Plato and Aristotle were responsible for the development of Botany into a science.
Reason (R) : They are regarded as Father of Botany.
The correct option among the following is:

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Match the following Columns:
Columns - I | Columns - II | ||
Father of Taxonomy | Joseph Pitton de Tournefort | ||
Father of Zoology | Carolus Linnaeus | ||
Father of Medicine | Aristotle | ||
Father of Biology | Julian Huxley | ||
Concept of Genus | Hippocrates | ||
Father of Neotaxonomy | Ernst Mayr | ||
Darwin of century | Hooker |

EASY
Match the following lists:
(A) | Identification of Auxins | (I) | Frankel Conrat |
(B) | pathway | (ii) | Charles Darwin |
(C) | Discovery of genetic nature of RNA | (iii) | J.B.Sumner |
(D) | Theory of evolution | (iv) | F.W. Went |
(v) | Hatch & Slack |

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What are the advantages of classifying organisms?

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Why do we classify things?

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What is meant by classification of an object?

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What are the advantages of classification of objects?

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Carolus Linnaeus proposed scientific name of animals in his book system nature (in edition), which was published on1 Aug. 1758. Which taxonomical aid provides knowledge about these information's?

HARD
Explain what is binomial system of nomenclature ? Who gave this sytem?

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The following characteristics are essential for classification.

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Rearrange the following categories of animal grouping in a sequence starting from the highest downward to the lowest.
- Class
- Phylum
- Species
- Genus
- Kingdom

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Explain the merits and demerits of Whittaker’s classification.

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What is a dichotomous key?

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Under each of the given headings, write the names of some things made by humans.
Metal | Glass | Wood |
Plastic | Leather | Stone |

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Classification helps to know the origin and evolution of an organism.

EASY
Use Whittaker method to classify bacteria, protozoa, fungi, algae, prokaryotic and eukaryotic microbes.

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Write any two merits of Five Kingdom classification.

HARD
Explain about five kingdom classification.

EASY
How can you appreciate the effort of scientists in classifying a wide range of organisms?

