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Why do we need to classify organisms into different categories?

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Which of the following suffixes used for unit of classification indicates a category of order?
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Three domains of life include
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Binomial Nomenclature was first introduced by _____.(Carl Woese/ Robert Whittaker/Gaspard Bauhin)

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Plant families Convolvulaceae and __A__ are placed in order __B__ on the basis of __C__ characters.
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Class Piniopsida do not produce 
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Salient features of Bryophyta include
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Read the following statements and select the correct option:

(a) Each category, referred to as a unit of classification, in fact represents a rank and is commonly termed as taxon.

(b) The higher the taxonomic category, the greater is the difficulty in determining the relationship with other taxa at the same level.

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A _____ (taxonomy/systematics/population/ecology) is an organisation of more than one individual living at a particular place and interbreeding can happen among the members.

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The original basis of the natural classification of organisms include
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The word ‘Taxonomy’ is derived from two _____ words.
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The seeds remain enclosed in a fruit in
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Which of the following taxa covers a great number of organisms?
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The artificial system of classification is based on the external observable characters or the morphology of the organisms. Which among the following it does not take into consideration?
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Panthera and Solanum represent
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Fill in the blank with the correct word given in the bracket.

Group of the organisms which are capable of interbreeding are called _____. (species/genus)

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Two factors that hold a species together include
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Fill in the blank with the correct word given in the bracket.

The smallest unit of classification is called as _____ (species/genus).

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Genus comprises group of related _____.
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The existence of two sets of teeth in the life of an animal is called _____ dentition.
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When an organism is in the same class but is not in the same family, the taxonomic term is called