Question

EXERCISES
1. Why are living organisms classified?
2. Why are the classification systems changing every now and then?
3. What different criteria would you choose to classify people that you meet often
4. What do we learn from identification of Individuals and populations?
5. Given below is the scientific name of Mango. Identify the correctly written name
(b)
Mangifera Indica
Mangifera indica v
6. Define a taxon. Give some examples of taxa at different hierarchical levels.
7. Can you identify the correct sequence of taxonomical categories?
(a) Species
Order
Phylum
Kingdom
Genus
Species
Order
Kingdom
Species
Genus
Order
Phylum
8. Try to collect all the currently accepted meanings for the word 'species'. Discu
with your teacher the meaning of species in case of higher plants and anima
on one hand, and bacteria on the other hand.
9. Define and understand the following terms:
(1) Phylum (ii) Class (iii) Family (iv) Order (v) Genus
10. How is a key helpful in the identification and classification of an organism?
11. Illustrate the taxonomical hierarchy with suitable examples of a plant and
animal.​

Answer 1

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Living organisms are classified mainly to avoid confusion, to make study of organisms easy and learn how various organisms are related to each other. Scientists classified living organisms into different kingdoms, phylum, class, etc and are based on different criteria.

Answer 2

Answer:

ans 7 species ,genus , family ,order ,class,phylum, kingdom this is correct sequence of taxonomic categories