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Give examples of scientific names for a few plants and animals. For example, mango is Mangifera indica.
 

Important Questions on Diversity in Living Organisms

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Smallest unit of classification is
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Scientific name is related to classification. What information does it provide?
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What is the procedure of providing distinct and proper names to organisms?
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In taxonomic hierarchy family comes between :
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Write down conventions and rules of binomial nomenclature.
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A branch of biology which deals with the identification, nomenclature and classification of organisms is called
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How is a common name misleading?
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What is meant by 'species'? Give any five examples of species.
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The genus name of the potato is Solanum. Write two species names of organisms that belong to genus-Solanum.
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Starting from class, species comes before the genus.
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Write short notes on the five-kingdom system of classification.

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What are common names? Write down their disadvantages.
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How is kingdom the highest category of taxonomic study?
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What is binomial nomenclature? Give its advantages.
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Who proposed the binomial nomenclature?
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According to the hierarchy of classification, which grouping will have the:
(a)the largest number of organisms and
(b)the smallest number of organisms?
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Which taxonomic term may be substituted for any rank in the classification

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Cotyledons are also called-
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Give two norms of writing scientific names.
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While writing scientific name: