Zoology Class 11 - Ch1 school [ Living world ]

The total number of plants and animals present on the earth is known as – – – – – ?

The total number of plants and animals present on the earth is known as – – – – – ?

Biodiversity

Biodiversity is – – – – – – – – ?

The total number of plants and animals present on the earth

what is known as Nomenclature ?

Nomenclature is the method of naming an organism so that it is known by one name for the purpose of standardisation.

How many scientific names should an organism have?

One

The present system of nomenclature is known as

Binomial nomenclature

According to binomial nomenclature The scientific name of an organism has – – – components and they are the – – – –.

• two components

• Generic name and Specific epithet

Scientific name = ___ + ___ .

• generic name

• Specific epithet

Scientific name for plants are based on the principles and criteria of – – – – ?

International Code for botanical nomenclature (ICBN)

Scientific name for animals are based on the principles and criteria of – – – – ?

International Code for zoological nomenclature (ICZN)

Binomial nomenclature was first introduced by – – – – – – – – – – – –?

Carlos Linnaeus

State the four universal Rules of nomenclature

• biological name is generally in Latin and is written in italics

• The first word is the generic name, and the second is a specific epithet

• The genus name starts with a capital letter while the species name starts with a small letter

• Both the words in biological name when handwritten are separately, underlined, or printed in italics to indicate their latin origin.

How does the name of the order appear in the scientific name, If any?

The name of the author appears after the specific epithet and is written in abbreviate form.

What is classification?

Classification is a process by which anything is grouped into convenient categories based on some observable characters

The scientific name for categories is

Taxa

What is taxonomy?

The process of classifying all different organisms into different categories is known as taxonomy

The branch of study organisms, diversity, and their relationship and is called or referred to as – – – – –?

Systematics

What is the name of the publication of Carlos Linnaeus?

Systema nature

Give the taxonomical hierarchal order of taxons

Kingdom > division > class > order > family > genus > species

What is the common name for Homo sapiens?

Man

What is the biological name for Man?

Homo sapiens

To which genus does Man belong?

Homo

To which family does Man belong?

Hominidae

To which order does Man belong?

Primata

To which class does Man belong?

Mammalia

To which phylum does Man belong?

Chordata