A taxonomical aid that contains actual preserved specimens of plants and animals is:
Herbarium
Key
Flora
Museum
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A student is preparing a herbarium sheet. All of the following details are mentioned on the label EXCEPT:
Date and place of collection
Collector's name
Local name of the plant
Height of the plant
A comprehensive treatise on a particular taxon is known as a:
Flora
Manual
Monograph
Key
Which taxonomical aid uses contrasting characters to identify an organism?
Manual
Monograph
Catalogue
Key
An institution, where valuable plant material likely to become irretrievably lost in the wild or in cultivation is preserved in viable condition is known as
Genome
Gene library
Gene bank
Herbarium
An institution, where valuable plant material likely to become irretrievably lost in the wild or in cultivation is preserved in viable condition is known as
Genome
Gene library
Gene bank
Herbarium
Which one is the first biosphere reserve?
Norkrek Biosphere Reserve
Simlipal Biosphere Reserve
Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve
Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve
Select the incorrect statement.
Water is composed of two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom.
Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius at standard atmospheric pressure.
Water is a non-polar molecule.
Water has a high specific heat capacity.
The label of a herbarium sheet does not carry information of
date of collection
name of collector
local names
height of the plant
Select the incorrect statement.
In unicellular organisms growth is synonymous with reproduction
A scientific name has two words in binomial nomenclature
Herbarium contains pressed and preserved plant specimens
Botanical gardens are ‘in situ’ conservation strategies.
Which piece of information is LEAST likely to be found on a herbarium sheet label?
Family name of the plant
Flowering season
Name of the collector
Locality of collection
