Madhya Pradesh Board Class 11 Biology — Flashcards for Quick Revision

A: Biodiversity refers to the number and types of organisms present on Earth. It represents the wide variety of living organisms found in different habitats. Currently, the number of known and described

A: Nomenclature is the process of standardizing the naming of living organisms so that a particular organism is known by the same name all over the world. It ensures that each organism has only one unive

A: Binomial nomenclature is a naming system where each organism has a scientific name with two components - the Generic name and the specific epithet. This system was introduced by Carolus Linnaeus. For

A: Aristotle was the first to attempt a more scientific basis for classification. He classified plants into trees, shrubs, and herbs based on simple morphological characters. He divided animals into two

A: The Two Kingdom system (Plantae and Animalia) had several limitations: 1) It did not distinguish between eukaryotes and prokaryotes, 2) It did not separate unicellular and multicellular organisms, 3)

A: Whittaker's Five Kingdoms: 1) Monera - Prokaryotic, unicellular, 2) Protista - Eukaryotic, mostly unicellular, 3) Fungi - Eukaryotic, heterotrophic with chitin cell walls, 4) Plantae - Eukaryotic, aut

A: The Five Kingdom classification system was proposed by Whittaker in 1969. It divides living organisms into five kingdoms: Monera, Protista, Fungi, Animalia, and Plantae. This system is based on cell s

A: Algae are chlorophyll-bearing, simple, thalloid, autotrophic, and largely aquatic organisms. They are found in freshwater, marine environments, moist stones, soils, and wood. They reproduce vegetative

A: 1. Isogamous: Fusion of two similar-sized gametes (e.g., Ulothrix, Spirogyra) 2. Anisogamous: Fusion of two dissimilar-sized gametes (e.g., Eudorina) 3. Oogamous: Fusion of large, non-motile female ga