LIFE SCIENCE

OBJECTIVE LIFE SCIENCE

DIVERSITY AMONG LIFE FORMS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Define taxonomy
A
The study of describing and classifying organisms
B
The study of the evolutionary relationships between organisms
C
The study of taxidermy
D
The study of cells
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Taxonomy is a science that deals with naming, describing and classification of all living organisms including plants. Classification is based on behavioural, genetic and biochemical variations. Characterization, identification, and classification are the processes of taxonomy.

Detailed explanation-2: -It is the science of describing, naming, and categorizing organisms. It comprises all the animals, plants, and microbes found on Earth. Organisms are classified into similar categories namely kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus and species.

Detailed explanation-3: -taxonomy, in a broad sense the science of classification, but more strictly the classification of living and extinct organisms-i.e., biological classification. The term is derived from the Greek taxis (“arrangement”) and nomos (“law”).

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