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What is the SCIENTIFIC NAME of mango?Read the answer and worked solution →Who is credited with introducing the system of BINOMIAL NOMENCLATURE used by biologists worldwide?Read the answer and worked solution →Approximately how many species of organisms are currently known and described on Earth?Read the answer and worked solution →Three different genera Solanum, Petunia and Datura are placed together in which family?Read the answer and worked solution →Order PRIMATA (monkeys, gorillas, gibbons) belongs to which class?Read the answer and worked solution →In which TWO families are CATS (Panthera, Felis) and DOGS placed respectively?Read the answer and worked solution →For the housefly (Musca domestica), the family, order, class and phylum (in that order) are:Read the answer and worked solution →As per your syllabus, Biology Ch 1, BIOLOGY is defined as the science of what?Read the answer and worked solution →As per your syllabus, the number of species currently known and described on Earth ranges between approximately what values?Read the answer and worked solution →As per your syllabus, what is the term for the process of standardising the naming of living organisms so that they are known by the same name worldwide?Read the answer and worked solution →As per your syllabus, which international code governs the SCIENTIFIC NAMING of ANIMALS?Read the answer and worked solution →As per your syllabus, who is credited with introducing the BINOMIAL NOMENCLATURE system used in biology?Read the answer and worked solution →As per your syllabus, what is a TAXON?Read the answer and worked solution →As per your syllabus, what is TAXONOMY?Read the answer and worked solution →As per your syllabus, which Linnaeus publication had the title 'SYSTEMA NATURAE'?Read the answer and worked solution →As per your syllabus, what is the LOWEST taxonomic category common to ALL organisms — plant or animal?Read the answer and worked solution →As per your syllabus, the scientific name of POTATO is Solanum tuberosum. What does 'tuberosum' represent?Read the answer and worked solution →As per your syllabus, the scientific name of LION is Panthera leo. What is its GENUS?Read the answer and worked solution →As per your syllabus, what is the scientific name of HUMAN BEINGS?Read the answer and worked solution →As per your syllabus, which animals are all members of the GENUS Panthera?Read the answer and worked solution →As per your syllabus, the genus Solanum includes which plants?Read the answer and worked solution →As per your syllabus, what is a FAMILY in taxonomic hierarchy?Read the answer and worked solution →As per your syllabus, plants Solanum, Petunia, and Datura belong to which family?Read the answer and worked solution →As per your syllabus, lion (Panthera) along with cats (Felis) are placed in which family?Read the answer and worked solution →As per your syllabus, the family of DOGS is which?Read the answer and worked solution →As per your syllabus, what TWO sets of features are used to characterise PLANT FAMILIES?Read the answer and worked solution →As per your syllabus, what is an ORDER in taxonomy?Read the answer and worked solution →As per your syllabus, the animal order CARNIVORA includes which families?Read the answer and worked solution →As per your syllabus, the plant order POLYMONIALES includes which families?Read the answer and worked solution →As per your syllabus, what is a CLASS in taxonomy?Read the answer and worked solution →

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What is the SCIENTIFIC NAME of mango?

  1. mangifera indica
  2. Mangifera indica
  3. Mangifera-indica
  4. Mangifera Indica
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Correct answer: B. Mangifera indica

**Per binomial nomenclature:** genus (first word, capitalised) followed by specific epithet (small letter), in italics or underlined. Mango = Mangifera indica.

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Who is credited with introducing the system of BINOMIAL NOMENCLATURE used by biologists worldwide?

  1. Charles Darwin
  2. Ernst Mayr
  3. Gregor Mendel
  4. Carolus Linnaeus
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Correct answer: D. Carolus Linnaeus

Carolus Linnaeus established binomial nomenclature (genus + specific epithet), still used today. Mayr defined the biological species concept Darwin proposed natural selection Mendel founded genetics.

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Approximately how many species of organisms are currently known and described on Earth?

  1. 17–18 million
  2. 1.7–1.8 million
  3. 170–180 million
  4. 170–180 thousand
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Correct answer: B. 1.7–1.8 million

Your syllabus states 1.7–1.8 million species have been identified and described. The actual species count on Earth is estimated to be much higher new species are continuously being discovered.

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