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In Mangifera indica Linn., what does the abbreviation Linn. tell us?Read the answer and worked solution →Grouping things into categories using easily observable characters is called what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which term is used for categories such as dogs, mammals, wheat and plants?Read the answer and worked solution →Which of these is NOT a basic process of taxonomy?Read the answer and worked solution →On what basis were the earliest classifications of organisms made?Read the answer and worked solution →Systematics takes into account which kind of relationships among organisms?Read the answer and worked solution →All taxonomic categories together constitute the taxonomic what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is the lowest taxonomic category in both plants and animals?Read the answer and worked solution →Which category takes the place of phylum in plant classification?Read the answer and worked solution →Which is the highest of the common taxonomic categories?Read the answer and worked solution →A group of individuals with fundamental similarities is called what?Read the answer and worked solution →Which specific epithet denotes the tiger in the genus Panthera?Read the answer and worked solution →Potato and brinjal are placed in which genus?Read the answer and worked solution →Which genus of cats is separate from Panthera?Read the answer and worked solution →Which category is made up of closely related species?Read the answer and worked solution →A group of related genera forms which taxonomic category?Read the answer and worked solution →Panthera and Felis are placed together in which animal family?Read the answer and worked solution →Dogs are placed in which family, separate from cats?Read the answer and worked solution →Plant families are characterised on the basis of which features?Read the answer and worked solution →Which category is an assemblage of families with a few similar characters?Read the answer and worked solution →Which animal order includes the families Felidae and Canidae?Read the answer and worked solution →Convolvulaceae and Solanaceae share an order mainly due to which characters?Read the answer and worked solution →Fishes, amphibians, reptiles, birds and mammals share notochord and belong to which phylum?Read the answer and worked solution →Going from species up to kingdom, how do shared characteristics change?Read the answer and worked solution →Members of which taxon share the largest number of characteristics?Read the answer and worked solution →Taxonomic studies help us know which resources and their diversity?Read the answer and worked solution →What do scientific names ensure for each organism?Read the answer and worked solution →Why do local names of organisms cause confusion?Read the answer and worked solution →Which feature do all insects share as a group?Read the answer and worked solution →In the word binomial, what does the prefix bi- mean?Read the answer and worked solution →

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In Mangifera indica Linn., what does the abbreviation Linn. tell us?

  1. Linnaeus moved it to a new genus
  2. Linnaeus first described it
  3. It is a Latin family ending
  4. It marks a subspecies name
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Correct answer: B. Linnaeus first described it

The author's abbreviated name placed at the end of a biological name shows who first described the species.

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Grouping things into categories using easily observable characters is called what?

  1. Identification
  2. Hybridisation
  3. Classification
  4. Nomenclature
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Correct answer: C. Classification

Classification sorts organisms into convenient categories based on characters that are easy to observe.

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Which term is used for categories such as dogs, mammals, wheat and plants?

  1. Epithets
  2. Taxa
  3. Genera
  4. Binomials
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Correct answer: B. Taxa

Each convenient category used to study organisms, at any level of the hierarchy, is a taxon, plural taxa.

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