BIOLOGY | some basic questions & answers

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Biology

Father of Biology
Ans : Aristotle
The term Biology was first coined by
Ans : Lamarck
Father of Zoology
Ans : Aristotle
The living beings were classified into two (plants and animals) by
Ans : Aristotle
The animals were classified into animal with red blood and without red blood by
Ans : Aristotle
The famous book of Aristotle
Ans : History of Animals
Father of botany
Ans : Theophrastus
The famous book of Theophrastus
Ans : Historia plantum
The branch of biology which deals with the study of origin of life
Ans : Abiogenesis
The life originated from
Ans : Water
The first successful experiment based on the origin of life was done by
Ans : A.I. Oparin (1932)
First life is a microbes having the capacity of
Ans : Photosynthesis
The basic Chemical unit of life
Ans : Amino acids
Amino acids were first synthesized in a laboratory by
Ans : Stanley Miller and Harold Urey
Study of life in outer space
Ans : Exobiology
The basic unit of life
Ans : Cell
The cell is synthesized of chemicals such as carbohydrates, protein, lipid, nucleic acid etc.
The components of carbohydrates
Ans : Carbon, Hydrogen, Oxygen
Father of modern Botany
Ans : Carl Linnaeus
Father of Indian Botany
Ans : William Rosburgh
Scientist who discovered that the body of animal is made up of cell
Ans : Theodor Schwann
Scientist who discovered that the body of plant is made up of cell
Ans : M.J. Schleiden
Scientist who discovered that new cells are formed by the division of cell
Ans : Rudolph Virchow
The components of proteins are
Ans : Amino acids
Nucleic acids are responsible for
Ans : Heredity