Diversity in Living World; Short QAs

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Living World: QAs

1. What is biology?
2. Name any two inanimate matter.
3. What do you mean by anthropocentric?
4. Who was called the Darwin of 20th century?
5. Name the fields in which the research of Ernst Mayr spanned.
6. Who gave the present definition of biological species?
7. Which prizes in Biology comprise triple crown?
8. When did Mayr join Harvard's Faculty of Arts and Sciences?
9. What indeed is life? Explain two implicit questions in it.
10. Give any two characteristics of living organisms.

11. Which are two characteristics of growth?
12. What do you call the increase of body mass?
13. How can non-living objects grow in size? Can we call it growth in biological terms?
14. What is reproduction?
15. Name two organisms in which budding is observed.
16. What is true regeneration? Name the organism in which it takes place.
17. Name three organisms in which fermentation takes place.
18. In which organisms is reproduction synonymous with growth?
19. Draw a well-labeled diagram of Hydra.
20. Draw a well-labeled diagram of Planaria.

21. Name three organisms/types which do not reproduce.
22. What is metabolism?
23. What do you mean by in vitro?
24. Name any three external factors to which plants respond.
25. What do you understand by the term prokaryote?
26. What do you mean by eukaryotes?
27. What is photoperiodism?
28. Which is the only organism aware of himself?
29. What type of story is Biology?
30. What is the range of known species in the world?

31. Can we use local names of plants and animals for study? If not, why?
32. What is nomenclature?
33. What do you mean by identification?
34. What is the full form of ICBN?
35. What is the full form of ICZN?
36. What do we ensure by using a scientific name?
37. How is description useful?
38. Which are the two components of a scientific name?
39. What do you call the system in which two words are used for naming?
40. Who gave the present system of naming organisms?

41. What is the scientific name of mango?
42. To which genus does mango belong?
43. In which language are biological names generally written?
44. What is represented by the first and second word in a biological name?
45. What should we do when writing scientific names in handwritten manuscripts?
46. How are scientific names printed?
47. Which word starts with a capital letter in a scientific name?
48. Where is the author's name written in a scientific name?
49. In which form is the author's name written?
50. What do you mean by classification in biology?

51. What is the scientific term for various categories?
52. What forms the basis of modern taxonomic studies?
53. Which processes are basic to taxonomy?
54. Which were the basic needs in the early years?
55. What is systematics?
56. Who wrote Systema Naturae?