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About how many species are known and described so far?Read the answer and worked solution →Standardising names so an organism has the same name worldwide is calledRead the answer and worked solution →Describing an organism correctly so we know which organism a name belongs to isRead the answer and worked solution →Which international code lays down rules for naming animals?Read the answer and worked solution →Which body governs the naming of viruses?Read the answer and worked solution →How is a biological name marked when it is handwritten?Read the answer and worked solution →In a correctly written binomial, which part begins with a capital letter?Read the answer and worked solution →In Mangifera indica Linn., what does Linn. tell us?Read the answer and worked solution →Where does the author's name appear in a biological name?Read the answer and worked solution →Grouping organisms into convenient categories by easily observable characters isRead the answer and worked solution →Groups such as dogs, mammals, wheat and plants are scientifically termedRead the answer and worked solution →Which is NOT one of the processes basic to taxonomy?Read the answer and worked solution →The Latin word systema, the root of systematics, meansRead the answer and worked solution →Which title by Linnaeus shares its Latin root with systematics?Read the answer and worked solution →Besides naming and classifying, systematics also takes into accountRead the answer and worked solution →All taxonomic categories arranged together in ranked steps form theRead the answer and worked solution →Insects form a recognisable group because they all shareRead the answer and worked solution →The lowest category in the classification of all organisms isRead the answer and worked solution →In plants, classes with a few similar characters form a higher category calledRead the answer and worked solution →Potato and brinjal are different species of which genus?Read the answer and worked solution →Domestic cats are placed in which genus?Read the answer and worked solution →Plant families are characterised on the basis ofRead the answer and worked solution →Dogs are placed in which family?Read the answer and worked solution →Families are grouped into the order Polymoniales mainly on the basis ofRead the answer and worked solution →Monkey, gorilla and gibbon are grouped in which order?Read the answer and worked solution →Compared with a family, members of an order share similar characters that areRead the answer and worked solution →Which features unite animals in phylum Chordata?Read the answer and worked solution →All animal phyla are grouped together in which category?Read the answer and worked solution →Moving up from species to kingdom, the number of shared characteristicsRead the answer and worked solution →Why does classification grow more complex at higher categories?Read the answer and worked solution →

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About how many species are known and described so far?

  1. 0.7 to 0.8 million
  2. 170 to 180 million
  3. 1.7 to 1.8 million
  4. 17 to 18 million
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Correct answer: C. 1.7 to 1.8 million

Known and described species number roughly 1.7 to 1.8 million, a figure that keeps rising as new organisms are found.

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Standardising names so an organism has the same name worldwide is called

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

Nomenclature is the process of giving each organism one standard name used all over the world.

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Describing an organism correctly so we know which organism a name belongs to is

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

Identification means describing the organism correctly so that a name can be attached to the right organism.

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