All living organisms are linked to one another because
1. They have common genetic material of the same type
2. They share common genetic material but to varying degrees
3. All have common cellular organization
4. All of the above

Which of the following is a defining characteristic of living organisms?

Match the following and choose the correct option:

Which one of the following animals is correctly matched with its particular named taxonomic category?
1. Tiger - tigris, the species
2. Cuttlefish - Mollusca, a class
3. Humans - Primata, the family
4. Housefly - Musca, an order

Which one of the following organisms is scientifically correctly named, correctly printed according to the International Rules of Nomenclature and is correctly described?
1. Musca domestica - The common house lizard, a reptile
2. Plasmodium falciparum - A protozoan pathogen causing the most serious type of malaria
3. Felis tigris - The Indian tiger, well protected in Gir forests.
4. E.coli - Full name Escherichia coli, a commonly occurring bacterium in human intestine

Growth and reproduction are:
1. characteristics of cells and living things
2. defining properties of cells and living things
3. characteristics of cells but not of living things
4. defining properties of cells but not of living things

Wheat belongs to the Order:

As we go down in the taxonomic hierarchy, the number of characters shared by the members of the taxon:

Which of the following are synonymous?
1. Living state and Metabolism
2. Growth and Reproduction
3. Coma and Brain death
4. Homeostasis and Thermoregulation

The process of classification of living organisms into different taxa is called as: