BIOLOGY CHAPTER :5 CONSERVATION OF PLANTS AND ANIMALS
Flora and Fauna FLORA : * The plants of a particular region or area are termed as its flora . *EXAMPLES Mango Jamon Sunflower Apple
* Flora comes from the latin word FLORA , the goddess of plants, flowers and fertility in Roman mythalogy . * Flora is a plant life occurring in a particular region or time , generally the natural occurring or Indigenous – native plant life.
Images of Flora
Fauna : * Fauna comes from the latin word FAUNA , a Romen goddess of earth and fertility , the roman god faunus and the related forest spirits called fauns. * The term was first used by Carl Linnaeus in 1745. * Fauna is all of the animal life of any particular region or time.
Images of Fauna : Wild dog Leopard Wolf Barking Deer
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Question Time : 1. Who used the term fauna and when ? 2. Fauna and flora comes from the ________ word . 3. Fauna is all of the _________ life of any particular __________ or ________. 4. Flora comes from the latin word FLORA , the goddess of ______ , ______ , and __________ in Roman mythalogy . 5. Fauna comes from the latin word FAUNA , a Romen goddess of _______ and _________, the roman god faunus and the related forest spirits called fauns.
Answers : 1. Carl Linnaeus used the term fauna in 1745 . 2. Flora and fauna comes from the latin word. 3. Fauna is all of the animal life of any particular region or time . 4. Flora comes from the latin word FLORA , the goddess of plants , flowers and fertility in Roman mythalogy . 5. Fauna comes from the latin word FAUNA , a Romen goddess of earth and fertility , the roman god faunus and the related forest spirits called fauns.