Biology

Diversity in Living Organisms

Question:

Name the two groups of Plantae that are commonly called phanerogams.

Answer:

Gymnosperms and angiosperms
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Diversity in Living Organisms

Q 1.

Give examples of Arthropod animals.

Q 2.

Name a reptile which has four chambered heart.

Q 3.

Give two examples of Gymnosperms.

Q 4.

What are the advantages of classification?

Q 5.

In how many kingdoms Carolus Linnaeus diving living beings?

Q 6.

Cold blooded, two chamber heart, stream lined body, scales on skin, gills present, aquatic life. Which group of vertebrates are we referring to?

Q 7.

What are the major divisions in the Plantae? What is the basis for these divisions?

Q 8.

Give examples of bryophytes.

Q 9.

Name the phylum to which the following are included. (i) Spider (ii) Cockroach (iii) Prawn (iv) Housefly

Q 10.

Give three examples of Molluscs

Q 11.

Give three examples of the range of variations that you see in lifeforms around you.

Q 12.

Define evolution.

Q 13.

What is the criterion for classification of organisms as belonging to kingdom Monera or Protista?

Q 14.

Why are Thallophytes called non-embryonic plants?

Q 15.

On what basis plants are divided into two sub-kingdoms?

Q 16.

Give examples of Porifera or Sponges.

Q 17.

Which animal phylum is considered to be first triploblastic animals?

Q 18.

What is the most striking feature of phylum Arthropoda?

Q 19.

How is a body of Arthropods segmented?

Q 20.

What is the primary characteristic on which the first division of organisms is made?

Q 21.

Which worms cause elephantiasis. Name the group it belongs to?

Q 22.

Who wrote the book The Origin of Species?

Q 23.

Give the scientific names of tiger, peacock, ant, neem, lotus and potato.

Q 24.

Name the kingdom which includes the simplest form of eukaryotes.

Q 25.

Identify the division of Plantae having following characteristics:
i. Seeds not enclosed within fruit.
ii. Flowers represented as cones (unisexual)
iii. Ovules not located in ovary.

Q 26.

Give three examples of animals belong to Echinodermata

Q 27.

In the hierarchy of classification, which grouping will have the smallest number of organisms with a maximum of characteristics in common and which will have the largest number of organisms?

Q 28.

Blue-green algae are classified with bacteria and placed in kingdom Monera.

Q 29.

What is a thallus?

Q 30.

What are the general characteristics found in all animals?

Q 31.

In how many Phyla, the animal kingdom is divided into?

Q 32.

What is the type of circulatory system present in Arthropods?

Q 33.

In the hierarchy of classification, which group will have the smallest number of organisms and a maximum number of similar characteristics?

Q 34.

In the hierarchy of classification, which group will have the largest number of organisms?

Q 35.

Who introduced the system of scientific nomenclature of organisms?

Q 36.

Algae belongs to which division of Plantae?

Q 37.

Name the three divisions of Plantae that have inconspicuous reproductive organs. What are their seeds called?

Q 38.

Give two examples of Pteridophyes

Q 39.

Sunflower, Maize, Wheat and Pea belong to which group of plants?

Q 40.

Identify the Animalia group having following features:

Q 41.

Spiny skin, marine, triploblastic coelomates having water-driven tube system for locomotion. What type of group are we talking of?

Q 42.

Give three examples of Protochordata animals.

Q 43.

What is the main basis of differentiation between vertebrates and non-vertebrates?

Q 44.

Ambibian heart is divided into how many chambers?

Q 45.

Name the fish which is entirely made of cartilage.

Q 46.

No scales on skin, mucus glands on skin, three chambered heart, respiration through gills, lungs and skin, oviparous, live on land and in water. Name the group of these vertebrates.

Q 47.

What changes are evolved in limbs of aves?

Q 48.

Define Taxonomy.

Q 49.

Who is known as the father of taxonomy?

Q 50.

On what bases are plants and animals put into different categories?