The living world

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Noteworthy points of the chapter :

1. Ernst Mayr is called 'The Darwin of the 20th century '.

2. The numbers and types of organisms present on earth represent Biodiversity.

3. The process of naming of living organisms is called nomenclature.

4. I BN stands for international code for Botanical Nomenclature whereas ICZN stands for international code for zoological nomenclature.

5. The system of providing a scientific name to an organism with two components is called Binomial Nomenclature and was given by carolus linnaeus.

6. The two components of Binomial nomenclature are generic and specific epithet.

7. Both the words in a biological name, when handwritten are separately underlined or printed in italics to indicate their Latin origin.

8. There are many categories and ranks in classification and are generally referred to as taxonomic categories or taxa.

9. The title of linnaeus ' publication is systema naturae.

10. All categories constitute, known as taxonomic category. 

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