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1. Why are living organisms classified? 
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2. Why are the classification systems changing every now and then?
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3. What different criteria would you choose to classify people that you meet often?


To classify a class of forty students, let us start the classification on the basis of sexes of the students. This classification will result in the formation of two major groups- boys and girls. Each of these two groups can be further classified on the basis of the name and surnames.

Since there is still some chance that more than one student can have the same surname, the final level of classification will be based on the roll numbers of each student.

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4. What do we learn from identification of individuals and populations? 
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5.

Given below is the scientific name of Mango. Identify the correctly written name.

Mangifera Indica

Mangifera indica 
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6. Define a taxon. Give some examples of taxa at different hierarchical levels.
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7. Can you identify the correct sequence of taxonomical categories? 

(a) Speciesbold rightwards arrow Orderbold rightwards arrow Phylumbold rightwards arrowKingdom
(b) Genus bold rightwards arrow Speciesbold rightwards arrow Orderbold rightwards arrowKingdom
(c) Speciesbold rightwards arrow Genusbold rightwards arrow Orderbold rightwards arrow Phylum 
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Try to collect all the currently accepted meanings for the word ‘species’. Discuss

with your teacher the meaning of species in case of higher plants and animals on one hand, and bacteria on the other hand. 

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9. How is a key helpful in the identification and classification of an organism?
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 Multiple Choice QuestionsLong Answer Type

10.

Illustrate the taxonomical hierarchy with suitable examples of a plant and an

animal. 
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