Short Answer TypeIn a given habitat we have 20 plant species and 20 animal species. Should
we call this as ‘diversity’ or ‘biodiversity’? Justify your answer.
Long Answer TypeInternational Code of Botanical nomenclature (ICBN) has provided a code
for classification of plants. Give hierarchy of units of classification
botanists follow while classifying plants and mention different ‘Suffixes’
used for the units.
A plant species shows several morphological variations in response to the altitudinal gradient. When grown under similar conditions of growth, the morphological variations disappear and all the variants have common morphology. What are these variants called?
One Word Answers______ has a group of related genera with less number of similarities as compared to genus and species.
Long Answer TypeWhat is the difference between flora, fauna and vegetation? Eichornia crassipes is called as an exotic species while Rauvolfia serpentina is an endemic species in India. What do these terms exotic and endemic refer to?
The sum of the plant species in a given geographical are is known as the Flora.
The sum of the animal species in the given geographical area is known as the Fauna of that area.
Th term vegetation takes into account a bigger geographical area. In many cases, the term is used for all the plants on a global scale.
Endemic species are those which are found only in a particular geographical area. Rauvolfia is found only in a particular area thus is endemic to that area.
Exotic species are those species which are not naturally found in the particular area but are introduced there because of careful selection and breeding. Eichornia crassipes was introduced and was not normally found.
Short Answer TypeBrinjal and potato belong to the same genus Solanum, but to two different species. What defines them as separate species?
Properties of cell organelles are not always found in the molecular constituents of cell organelles. Justify.
Long Answer TypeSome of the properties of tissues are not the constituent of its cells. Give three examples to support the statement.
Short Answer TypeWhat is the similarity and dissimilarity between “whole moong daal” and “broken moong daal” in terms of respiration and growth? Based on these parameters classify them into living or nonliving?
Multiple Choice QuestionsNomenclature is governed by certain universal rules. Which one of the following is contrary to the rules of nomenclature?
The first word in biological name represents the genus name and the second is a specific epithet
The names are written in Latin and are Italicised
When written by hand, the names are to be underlined
When written by hand, the names are to be underlined
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