Biology (Part-IV)

• A mass flowering phenomenon seen at long intervals in bamboo plants, known as gregarious bamboo flowering, is known to trigger rodent outbreaks.

• As the number of rodents increases, they consume all available food,  including grain fields and stored food, sometimes leading to famine.

• They are the largest and most diverse group within the kingdom Plantae, with about 300,000 species.

• The term stems from the Latin words omnis, meaning "all or everything." and vorare, meaning "to devour or eat."

• Omnivores play an important part of the food chain, a sequence of organisms that produce energy and nutrients for other organisms.

• He was the first person to frame principles which defined the natural genera and species of any organism.

• He created a uniform system of naming known as binomial nomenclature.

• So, he was known as the father of Taxonomy.

• It was coined by J.E. Purkinje in 1846 to address the material which makes up an animal embryo.

• J.E. Purkinje is a Czech phystologist and anatomist.

• They possess a large nucleus devoid of the vacuole.

• The cells have no intercellular space.

• The zone where these cells exist is known as meristem.

• The cells of the meristematic tissue divide actively to form specialized structures such as buds of leaves and flowers, tips of roots and shoots, etc.

• These cells help to increase the length and girth of the plant.

• At an age of 61-70 years, the average weight was 345.9 g for men and 285.1 g ior women.

The respiratory system is made up of the organs included in the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide. These are the parts:

• Nose

• Mouth

• Throat (pharynx)

• Voice box (larynx)

• Windpipe (trachea)

• Large airways (bronchi)

• Small airways (bronchioles) Lungs

• It was established at Calcutta on August 20.

• The two most eminent leaders of the BrahmoSamaj were Debendranath Tagore and Keshab Chandra Sen.

• The BrahmoSamaj was one of the first important organizations of religious reforms.

• Infection causes lesions on the leaves, stems, and fruit of citrus trees, including lime, oranges, and grapefruit.