JOHNSON GRAMMAR SCHOOL

NACHARAM CAMPUS
ASSIGNMENT -2

Topic : Biological classification

1. Cyanobacteria and heterotrophic bacteria are very different from each other but fall under eubacteria
of kingdom Monera. Is this type of grouping justified?

2. The five kingdom classification was proposed by

(a) R.H. Whittaker (b) C. Linnaeus
(c) A. Roxberg (d) Virchow

3. What is the nature of cell-walls in diatoms?

4. Find out what do the terms ‘algal bloom’ and ‘red-tides’ signify.

5. What is a dikaryon? When and where is it formed?

6. Which fungus is called reindeer moss?

7. Compare the oxygenic and anoxygenic photosynthesis .

8. Describe in brief various methods of genetic recombination in bacteria.

9. What do the terms phycobiont and mycobiont signify?

10. Give a brief account of viruses with respect to their structure and nature of genetic material. Also
name four common viral diseases.

11. What is diatomaceous earth? Why are diatoms referred to as ‘pearls of the ocean’?

12. Explain the myth of ‘fairy rings’ created by the mushrooms after heavy rains in the forest.

13. Discuss how classification systems have undergone several changes over a period of time?