Part of CL-05 — The Living World: Taxonomy & Systematics

Fill in the Blank Practice Sheet

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Complete the following sentences:

  1. The defining feature of living organisms is ____________, defined as the sum of all ____________ and ____________ reactions.

  2. The term "taxonomy" was coined by , while ____________ established binomial nomenclature in his work "."

  3. In the taxonomic hierarchy, the sequence from most to least inclusive is: ____________ → ____________ → ____________ → ____________ → ____________ → ____________ → ____________.

  4. For plants, the rank equivalent to "Phylum" in animals is called ____________.

  5. In binomial nomenclature, the ____________ name begins with a capital letter, and the ____________ epithet is entirely in lowercase.

  6. When handwriting scientific names, each word must be ____________ ____________ (not with a single continuous underline).

  7. A species is defined as a group of organisms capable of ____________ to produce ____________ offspring.

  8. The mnemonic "King Philip Came Over For Good Spaghetti" helps remember the hierarchy: Kingdom, ____________, ____________, ____________, ____________, ____________, ____________.

  9. ____________ (horse × donkey) are sterile, demonstrating that ____________ is NOT the defining feature of life.

  10. A ____________ contains dried and pressed plant specimens; a ____________ garden maintains living plants; a ____________ has preserved animal specimens; a ____________ park houses living animals.

  11. A ____________ describes all plant species in a geographical area, while a ____________ provides a comprehensive study of a single taxon.

  12. A ____________ specimen deposited in a herbarium or museum serves as the ____________ standard for a species name.

  13. Non-living crystals also ____________, which is why growth alone cannot ____________ life.

  14. The mnemonic "GULL" for nomenclature rules: G = ____________ capitalized, U = ____________ separately, L = ____________ or Latinized, L = ____________ species epithet.

  15. The Indian Botanical Garden is located at ____________, West Bengal; the Royal Botanic Gardens at ____________ is located in ____________.

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