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प्रश्न
The taxonomic unit ‘Phylum’ in the classification of animals is equivalent to which hierarchical level in classification of plants.
पर्याय
Class
Order
Division
Family
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उत्तर
Division
Explanation:
The kingdom comes first in the animal kingdom, followed by species. Similarly, division occurs after the kingdom in the plant kingdom.
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संबंधित प्रश्न
Give some examples of taxa at different hierarchical levels.
Try to collect all the currently accepted meanings for the word ‘species’. Discuss with your teacher the meaning of species in the case of higher plants and animals on one hand and bacteria on the other:
Define and understand the following term:
Phylum
Define and understand the following term:
Order
Define and understand the following term:
Genus
Name one example of the animal which shows the following characteristics:
Fixed animals with a pore-bearing body:
Name one example of the animal which shows the following characteristics:
Star-shaped body:
Find the odd one out. Give reason.
jellyfish, hydra, sea anemone, butterfly
Observe the figure and answer the questions given below.
a) To which phylum these organisms belong?
b) Name the substance with which their body is covered.
c) Name their organs of locomotion.

How are organisms classified?
Write true (T) or false (F)
Starting from Class, Species comes before the Genus.
Fill in the boxes given in Fig. 7.2 with appropriate characteristics/plant group (s)

Write names of few thallophytes. Draw a labelled diagram of Spirogyra.
You are given leech, Nereis, Scolopendra, prawn and scorpion; and all have segmented body organisation. Will you classify them in one group? If no, give the important characters based on which you will separate these organisms into different groups.
Which is not an insect?
Order is a number of related families having common characters placed in an order.
Genus represents ______.
Match the following and choose the correct option:
| Column I | Column II |
| A. Family | i. Tuberosum |
| B. Kingdom | ii. Polymoniales |
| C. Order | iii. Solanum |
| D. Species | iv. Plantae |
| E. Genus | v. Solanacea |
Define a taxon. What is meant by taxonomic hierarchy. Give a flow diagram from the lowest to highest category for a plant and an animal. What happens to the number of individuals and number of shared characters as we go up the taxonomical hierarchy?
Define a taxon.
