Botanical And Zoological Nomenclature Quiz

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    What are two levels of classification that are used in Binomial nomenclature?

    • Genus and Species
    • Family and Kingdom
    • Kingdom and Species
    • Species and Phylum
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We welcome you to this Botanical and Zoological nomenclature quiz. Biological nomenclature and zoological nomenclature are formal systems of naming organisms. Do you know enough about the subject matter? Why not give this quiz a try? The questions in the test are carefully curated to help you understand the topic in an in-depth matter. Please answer all the questions carefully. We will will present your scorecard to you after you've completed the quiz. All the best!

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  • 2. 

    Felis catus is the scientific name of which animal?

    • Dog

    • Lion

    • Cat

    • Monkey

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  • 3. 

    What is the full form of ICBN? 

    • International Center of Botanical Names of Organisms

    • International Code of Botanical Nomenclature

    • Internal Botanical Category Names

    • Internal Code of Botanical Nomenclature

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  • 4. 

    What is the genus of Homo sapiens? 

    • Sapiens

    • Hominidae

    • Canidae

    • Homo

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  • 5. 

    Who proposed the system of Binomial nomenclature?

    • Gregor Mendel

    • Ernst Haeckel

    • Carl Linnaeus

    • Georges Cuvier

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  • 6. 

    The scientific name of Potato is _________

    • Daucus carota subsp. sativus

    • Ipomoea batatas

    •  Panthera pardus

    • Solanum tuberosum

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  • 7. 

    A specimen that is a duplicate of the holotype with the same collection data of the holotype is known as _____________________. 

    • Isotype

    • Epitype

    • Holotype

    • Neotype

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  • 8. 

    If two organisms have the same phylum, they must also be in the same ___________. 

    • Species

    • Family

    • Kingdom

    • Class

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  • 9. 

    Which of the following are requisites of binomial nomenclature? 

    • It should be unique

    • It should be difficult to pronounce

    • It should be easy to remember

    • None of the above

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  • 10. 

    The single specimen that a researcher designates as the name-bearing representative of a newly found species is called _________________.

    • Paratype

    • Holotype

    • Lectotype

    • Epitype

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