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Name the basic unit of biological classification.

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### Step-by-Step Solution: 1. **Understanding Biological Classification**: Biological classification is a system used to categorize and organize living organisms based on shared characteristics. 2. **Identifying the Basic Unit**: The question asks for the basic unit of this classification system. In biology, the fundamental unit of classification is known as a "species." 3. **Definition of Species**: A species is defined as a group of individuals that share similar morphological characteristics and can interbreed. This means that members of the same species can reproduce with one another, but they are reproductively isolated from members of other species. ...
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  2. Who introduced the term "New Systematics' and in which year?

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  3. Name the basic unit of biological classification.

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  4. Who established the kingdom 'Protista' ?

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  5. Tell one distinguishing feature between eukaryotes and prokaryotes.

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  6. Name the five kingdoms recognised by Robert H. Whittaker in 1969

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  7. Prokaryotic organisms were included in which kingdom by Whittaker ?

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  8. Which one of the following covers the greater numbers of organisms?

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  9. Which of the following have more characters in common? (a) Phylum or...

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  10. How many obligate categories or ranks are found in a hierarchical leve...

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  11. Some of the taxonomic categories in the taxonomic hierarchy are given ...

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  12. Name the branch of biology that deals with naming of organisms and pla...

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  13. Tell the basic unit of classification.

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  14. Write the scientific name of common pea.

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  15. What do you understand by the term 'dendrogram'?

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  16. Who proposed the three-Domain System of classification of organisms an...

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  17. Name the three Domains of organisms proposed by Woese.

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  18. Name the three kingdoms of Archaea.

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  19. How would you distinguish Archaea from Eubacteria ?

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  20. Write the zoological name of cockroach.

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