FBISE Class 9th (SSC-l)
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FBISE Class 9th (SSC-l)
Answer: The Western Himalayas is one of the biodiversity hotspots found in Pakistan.
Answer: Wild relatives of crops carry genes that are used to develop disease-resistant and improved varieties.
Answer: Many medicines, such as those from plants and microbes, are obtained from biodiversity.
Answer: Scientific names are the same in all languages and countries, avoiding confusion caused by common names.
Answer: The correct form is 'Homo sapiens': genus with a capital letter, species in lower case, written in italics.
Answer: Amoeba is a unicellular organism placed in kingdom Protista.
Answer: Amoeba and Paramecium are protozoans, which belong to kingdom Protista.
Answer: Halophiles are archaebacteria that live in extremely salty environments.
Answer: Methanogens are archaebacteria that produce methane gas.
Answer: Bacterial cell walls are made of peptidoglycan.
Answer: Chloroplasts contain chlorophyll, where photosynthesis takes place.
Answer: Animals are heterotrophs that cannot photosynthesize and lack cell walls.
Answer: Saprophytes feed on dead and decaying organic matter.
Answer: Scientists have described about 1.7 to 2 million species so far.
Answer: Insects form the largest group with the most described species.
Answer: Autotrophs prepare their own food, e.g., green plants through photosynthesis.
Answer: Taxonomic ranks are nested, so members of a class also share the same phylum and kingdom.
Answer: The scientific name of the tiger is Panthera tigris.
Answer: In Panthera tigris, 'tigris' is the specific epithet that identifies the species.
Answer: When written by hand, scientific names are underlined; in print they are italicized.