Question

Refer the given flow chart and answer the following question.

(a) In the given flow chart A, B, C, D and E represent the characteristics features of herbarium, botanical garden, zoological park, museum and key respectively. Write the best suitable statements for A, B, C, D and E. 

(b) Identify the suitable words for (i), (ii), (iii), (iv), (v) and (vi).

Answer 1

(a) A – A store house of collected plant specimens that are dried, pressed and preserved on sheets. 

B – Collection and maintenance of living plants for reference. 

C – Enclosed areas where animals are kept in open enclosures instead of cages. 

D – A place used for storage, preservation and exhibition of objects of natural history, art and antiquities. 

E – A dichotomic table of alternate characters known as couplet each character of couplet is called as lead.

(b) (i) 41×29 

(ii) Moscow 

(iii) ex-situ 

(iv) Andman and Nicobar Islands 

(v) indented 

(vi) bracketed