Biological classification is a dynamic a | Class 11 Biology Chapter Biological Classification, Biological Classification NCERT Solutions

Suppose you accidentally find an old preserved permanent slide without a label. In your effort to identify it, you place the slide under microscope and observe the following features :-
a. Unicellular
b. Well defined nucleus
c. Biflagellate–one flagellum lying longitudinally and the other transversely.
What would you identify it as? Can you name the kingdom it belongs to?

Diatoms are also called as ‘pearls of ocean’, why? What is diatomaceous earth?

Fungi are cosmopolitan. Write the role of fungi in your daily life.

Define a taxon. Give some examples of taxa at different hierarchical levels.

What are the steps involved in formation of a root nodule?

Name the pathological condition when uncontrolled cell division occurs.
 

Aquatic animals generally are ammonotelic in nature where as terrestual forms are not. Comment.
 

Name the cells/tissues in human body which
a. exhibit ameboid movement
b. exhibit ciliary movement

How do you distinguish between a skeletal muscle and a cardiac muscle?

Why earthworm is called the friend of farmer?
 

Which of the following is correct:
(a) Cells of all living organisms have a nucleus.
(b) Both animal and plant cells have a well defined cell wall.
(c) In prokaryotes, there are no membrane bound organelles.
(d) Cells are formed de novo from abiotic materials.

Mitosis results in producing two cells which are similar to each other. What would be the consequence if each of the following irregularities
occur during mitosis?
a. Nuclear membrane fails to disintegrate
b. Duplication of DNA does not occur
c. Centromeres do not divide
d. Cytokinesis does not occur.