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A place used for storing, preservation and exhibition of both plants and animals is known as
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Important Questions on The Living World
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Assertion : Herbariums are plant repositories which are used as reference specimens. Recently these are digitalized for global use.
Reason Herbarium helps in the classification of plants and gives complete description about the taxonomy.
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| (a) | Herbarium | (i) | It is a place having a collection of preserved plants and animals. |
| (b) | Key | (ii) | A list that enumerates methodically all the species found in an area with brief description adding identification. |
| (c) | Museum | (iii) | Is a place where dried and pressed plant specimens mounted on sheets are kept. |
| (d) | Catalog | (iv) | A booklet containing a list of characters and their alternates which are helpful in the identification of various taxa. |
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(a) In zoological parks, conditions similar to natural habitats are provided to the animals.
(b) Keys are generally analytical in nature.
(c) In a herbarium sheet, local names are not mentioned.
(d) Taxonomical aids are useful in knowing bioresources.
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| a. | Museum | (i) | Information on one taxon |
| b. | Herbaria | (ii) | Couplet |
| c. | Botanical gardens | (iii) | Arranged-on universally accepted classification system |
| d. | Taxonomic key | (iv) | Educational institutes |
| (v) | Records of local flora for monographic work |
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Select one of the most appropriate option related to botanical gardens and their role.
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Find the correct sequence at various steps of herbarium technique
a. Drying;
b. Poisoning;
c. Collection;
d. Labelling;
e. Mounting;
f. Deposition;
g. Stitching
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Saint Albertus Magnus wrote the botanical work _____ (De vegetabilis/De animalia) which dealt with medicinal plants.
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