Biology

Diversity in Living Organisms

Question:

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

Answer:

Cell design is the basic characteristic of the first division of organisms. It divides organisms primarily as prokaryotes and eukaryotes.
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Diversity in Living Organisms

Q 1.

Name a reptile which has four chambered heart.

Q 2.

Give examples of Arthropod animals.

Q 3.

In how many kingdoms Carolus Linnaeus diving living beings?

Q 4.

Give three examples of Protochordata animals.

Q 5.

How is a body of Arthropods segmented?

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.

Name five countries that lie in the region of megadiversity.

Q 8.

In which kingdom you will place an organism which is multicellular, eukaryotic, non-green heterotroph or saprophytic, lacks chlorophyll and has an absorptive mode of nutrition?

Q 9.

Give examples of bryophytes.

Q 10.

Differentiate between Annelida and Nematode.

Q 11.

Name the phylum to which Start fish and Sea urchin belong to?

Q 12.

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

Q 13.

Identify the plant groups which has net like veins in leaves, flower parts in group of fours or fives, vascular bundles are in a ring and two seed leaves.

Q 14.

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 15.

Snakes, turtles, lizards and crocodiles belong to which category of vertebrates?

Q 16.

Give examples of egg laying mammals

Q 17.

Name the book written by Carolus Linnaeus on the classification of organisms.

Q 18.

Explain the basis for grouping organisms into five kingdoms.

Q 19.

In which kingdom will you place an organism which is single-celled, eukaryotic and photosynthetic?

Q 20.

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

Q 21.

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

Q 22.

Why bryophytes are called the amphibians of the plant kingdom?

Q 23.

List important characteristics (at least three) of bryophytes.

Q 24.

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

Q 25.

Which animal phylum is commonly called as flatworms?

Q 26.

Give examples of animals belong to Nematoda.

Q 27.

Give examples of the organisms that have cilia and flagellum for moving around.

Q 28.

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

Q 29.

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

Q 30.

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

Q 31.

Hydra, Jelly Fish, corals belog to which group of animals?

Q 32.

Commonly called flatworm, bilateral symmetrical, acoelomates are the features of which animal division?

Q 33.

Four Chambered heart, mostly viviparous, skin covered with hairs, skin contains sweat and oil glands, four chambered heart. Which category of vertebrates are we talking about?

Q 34.

What do you mean by biodiversity?

Q 35.

What are the advantages of classification?

Q 36.

Will advanced organisms be the same as complex organisms? Why?

Q 37.

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 38.

Who identified the Fungi as a separate multicellular eukaryotic kingdom and introduced five kingdoms? Name the five kingdoms.

Q 39.

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

Q 40.

What are the uses of bryophytes?

Q 41.

How are pteridophytes different from the phanerogams?

Q 42.

Give two examples of Gymnosperms.

Q 43.

Define Cryptograms.

Q 44.

How do gymnosperms and angiosperms differ from each other?

Q 45.

What are the general characteristics found in all animals?

Q 46.

Animals belong to phylum Coelenterata are diploblastic. What do you mean by the term diploblastic?

Q 47.

Name the largest group (phylum) of animals.

Q 48.

What kind of circulatory system is found in animals from Mollusca phylum?

Q 49.

Why are Bats and whales classified as mammals?

Q 50.

In which kingdom would you place an organism which is unicellular, eukaryotic and photosynthetic?