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#	Question	Answer
1	Name some inanimate objects deified by early man.	Wind, sea and fire.
2	What central question of evolutionary biology did Ernst Mayr emphasize?	The origin of species diversity.
3	What does each different kind of plant, animal, or organism represent?	A species.
4	Why is there a need to standardise the naming of living organisms?	So that a particular organism is known by the same name all over the world.
5	What does ICZN stand for?	International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.
6	What is the scientific name of mango?	*Mangifera indica*.
7	Which part of a biological name begins with a small letter?	The specific epithet.
8	What is classification?	The process by which anything is grouped into convenient categories based on easily observable characters.
9	What is taxonomy?	The process of classification of living organisms into different taxa based on characteristics.
10	What title did Linnaeus use for his publication?	*Systema Naturae*.
11	What is a taxon?	A rank or unit of classification.
12	What helps in identifying similarities and dissimilarities among organisms?	Knowledge of characters of individuals or groups of organisms.
13	What is a genus?	A genus comprises a group of related species with more characters in common compared to species of other genera.
14	What is a family in taxonomy?	A family is a group of related genera with fewer similarities than genus and species.
15	How are higher taxonomic categories generally identified?	Based on aggregates of characters.
16	Which animals are included in the order Primata?	Monkey, gorilla, and gibbon.
17	Which common features characterise members of phylum Chordata?	Presence of notochord and dorsal hollow neural system.
18	What is true about lower taxa?	Members within lower taxa share more characteristics.
19	What order does man belong to?	Primata.
20	What class does housefly belong to?	Insecta.
21	What division does mango belong to?	Angiospermae.
22	What division does wheat belong to?	Angiospermae.
23	Which branch of knowledge deals with identification, nomenclature, and classification?	Taxonomy.
24	What does the binomial system of nomenclature use?	Two words for scientific/biological names.