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38 Cards in this Set
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Father of biology |
Aristotle |
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Father of botany |
Theophrastus |
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What are defining feature of life? |
Cellular organization, Intrinsic growth, metabolism, consciousness |
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What are twin characteristics of growth? |
Increase in number of cells and mass |
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State wether anabolism and catabolism are endothermic or exothermic and give examples for each. |
Anabolism- Endothermic reaction involves building up reaction Simpler substance to complex substance Ex- photosynthesis, protein synthesis Catablosim- Exothermic reaction involves breakdown reaction Complex substance to simpler substance Ex- Respiration |
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What kind of metabolic reaction does occur in vivo or vitro cells? |
Vivo- inside the cell Vitro- outside the cell (cell is absent) |
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What is a clone and what is its unit? |
A group of morphologically & genetically identical individuals. Unit-Ramet |
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In wich organisms does binary fission occurs? |
Bacteria (prokaryotes) Amoeba (Eukaryotes) Paramecium (Eukaryotes) |
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In which organisms does budding occur? |
Yeast (unicellular) Hydra (multicellular) |
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In which organisms does fragmentation occur? |
In filamentaous algae & fungi Protonema of mosses (bryophytes) |
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In which organisms does true regeneration occur? |
Planaria (Flat worm) |
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Which organisms reproduce through spores? |
Algae (zoospore) Fungi (conida) |
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How many sets or chromosomes does Haploid (n) and diploid (2n) cell contains? |
Haploid (n)- single set or chromosome Diploid (2n)- 2 sets or chromosomes |
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State wether gamete and zygote Haploid or diploid. |
Gamete- Haploid Zygote- diploid |
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Give examples of organisms who can't reproduce. |
Mule (♂️ donkey × ♀️horse) Hinny (♀️donkey ×♂️horse) Worker bees Sterile humans |
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State wether growth and reproduction are mutullay inclusive or exclusive events in unicellular and multicellular organisms. |
Unicellular organisms- G & R are synonyms/ mutullay inclusive. Multicellular organisms- G & R are mutually exclusive events. |
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According to IUCN (International union of conservation of Nature & natural resources) how many species have been discovered? |
1.7 - 1.8 million (17-18 lakh) Plant species- 0.5 million Animal species- 1.2 milion (max insects) |
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What is taxonomy? Who is the Father of taxonomy? |
It is a branch of biology witch deals with principal and procedure of the classification. Carolus Linnaeus |
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Classical taxonomy is based upon- |
Observable morphological characters |
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What is systematics? |
Study of diversity of organisms & their relationships. Taxonomy + phylogeny= systematics |
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What is vernacular name in nomenclature? |
Local/not universal name |
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Full form of ICBN |
International code of Botanical Nomenclature |
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From which language are binomial names derived from? |
Latin |
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What are tautonyms? Are they valid in ICBN? |
In Tautonyms the generic name and specific names are same. They are not valid in ICBN but valid in ICZN (Naja naja) |
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What are Autonyms? Are they valid in ICBN? |
Species epithet & sub species/variety names are same. Ex- Corvus splendens splendens (crow) Valid in both ICBN & ICZN |
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State suffixes for these Taxa- Division, class, order, family. |
Division- Phyta (Thallophyta) Class- Opsida (Bryopsida) Phyceae (Chlorophyceae) Ae (monocotyledonae) Mycetes (phycomycetes) Order- ales (sapindales) Family- aceae (solanaceae) |
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When we go from kingdom to species, the similarity in characters |
Increase |
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Who was the Drawin of 20th century? |
Ernst Mayr |
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Potato, Maloo and bringal belongs to which genus? Tiger, Lion and lepord? Dog, wolf, Jackal? Cat? |
1. Solanum- Solanum tuberosum (potato) Solanum migrum (Maloo) Solanum melongena (Bringal) 2. Panthera- P. tigris (lion) P. Leo (lion) P. pardus (lepord) 3. Canis 4. Felis |
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Which genera are placed in these kingdom? Solanaceae, felidae, Canidae |
Solanaceae- Solanum, Petunia, Datura Felidae- Panthura, felis Canidae- canis |
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Which families are placed in these orders? Polymonials, carnivora |
Polymonials- solanaceae (potato), convolvulaceae (sweet potato) Carnivora- Felidae, Canidae |
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Which orders are placed in these classes? Dicotyledonae, Mammalia |
Dicotyledonae- polymonials- (potato) sapindales (mango) Mammalia- carnivora, primata (human), Rodentia (rat). |
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Which classes are present in these divisions? Angiospermae, chordata |
Angiospermae- Dicotyledonae, monocotyledonae Chordata- fishes, amphibians, reptiles, aves, mammals |
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Which divisions/phyla are present in these kingdoms? Plantar, Animalia |
Plantae- Thallophyta (algae), bryophytea, pteridophyta, spermatophyta (gymno & angio) Animalia- non-chordata, chordata |
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What is a harbarium? |
Storehouse of dried plant specimens. |
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What is a botanical gardens? |
Different plant species grown for identification purpose. |
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What is a flora, monograph, manual, catalogue? |
Flora- actual account of habitat & distribution of plants of a particular area. Monograph- information about a single taxon Manual- useful in providing info for identification of species found in an area Catalogue- listing of organisms in alphabetical order. |
