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The Living World: Adaptations and Classification — Science STD 7 — Question

Maharashtra BoardEnglish MediumSTD 7ScienceThe Living World: Adaptations and Classification3 Marks
Question
How are organisms classified?
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Answer

  1. Different scientists have used different criteria and independently classified plants and animals.
  2. A hierarchy is formed in the classification that starts with kingdom Animalia or kingdom Plantae, further groups and sub-groups are formed depending upon basic similarities and differences.
  3. This is called the ‘hierarchy of classification’.
  4. Binomial nomenclature is used to identify each organism. Accordingly, a scientific name has been assigned to each organism.
  5. It consists of two parts – first part is ‘genus’ and second ‘species’.
  6. All identified organisms have been assigned a binomial name as per the guidelines of the International code of Nomenclature. For e.g.

    Genus    		Species
    MangoMangiferaIndica
    HumanHomoSapiens

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