Taxonomy
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Which term describes the scientific study of naming, defining, and classifying groups of biological organisms based on shared characteristics?

  • Taxonomy (correct)
  • Biology
  • Systematics
  • Phylum
  • Which term is used to describe the groups into which organisms are grouped in taxonomy?

  • Genus
  • Rank
  • Hierarchy
  • Taxon (correct)
  • Who is regarded as the founder of the current system of taxonomy?

  • Louis Pasteur
  • Carl Linnaeus (correct)
  • Gregor Mendel
  • Charles Darwin
  • What is the highest taxonomic rank in the Linnaean system of taxonomy?

    <p>Domain</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the term used to describe the system of naming organisms using a two-part Latinized name?

    <p>Binomial nomenclature</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Laughing gas, nitrous, nitro, or nos, is a chemical compound, an oxide of nitrogen with the formula N2O.

    <p>Nitrous oxide</p> Signup and view all the answers

    At room temperature, nitrous oxide is a colourless non-flammable ______.

    <p>gas</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Nitrous oxide has significant medical uses, especially in surgery and dentistry, for its ______ and pain-reducing effects.

    <p>anaesthetic</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Its colloquial name, 'laughing gas', is due to the euphoric effects upon ______ it.

    <p>inhaling</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Nitrous oxide is used as an oxidiser in rocket propellants, and in motor racing to increase the power ______ of engines.

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