Question

(i) What is nomenclature?

(ii) what is the basic unit of classification?

(iii) who proposed five kingdom classification? What are the basis of whittakers system of classification?

(iv) Describe the HEIRCHIAL system of classification?

(v) What is bynomial nomenclature?illustrate with an example.

(vi) Write the difference between monocaute and dicaute.

(vii) What is chitin?

(viii) What is lichens?

Answer 1

1)Nomenclature is the system of scientific names for taxa (such as species, genera, or families) and the rules and conventions for the formation, treatment, and use of those names.
2)species
3) R. H. whittaker. his classification was based on mode of nutrition body organism (coelom)
4)classification of organism in phylum class division genus.. etc
5)the system of nomenclature in which two terms are used to denote a species of living organism, the first one indicating the genus and the second the specific epithet.
7)a fibrous substance consisting of polysaccharides, which is the major constituent in the exoskeleton of arthropods and the cell walls of fungi.
8)A lichen is a composite organism that arises from algae or cyanobacteria living among filaments of multiple fungi in a symbiotic relationship.