Biology

Diversity in Living Organisms

Question:

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

Answer:

Kingdom Protista.
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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.

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

Q 6.

In how many kingdoms Carolus Linnaeus diving living beings?

Q 7.

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

Q 8.

How is a body of Arthropods segmented?

Q 9.

What is the most striking feature of phylum Arthropoda?

Q 10.

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

Q 11.

Give three examples of Molluscs

Q 12.

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

Q 13.

Define evolution.

Q 14.

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

Q 15.

Why are Thallophytes called non-embryonic plants?

Q 16.

Give examples of bryophytes.

Q 17.

Give examples of Porifera or Sponges.

Q 18.

Which animal phylum is considered to be first triploblastic animals?

Q 19.

How is locomotion brought in animals belonging to Mollusca phylum?

Q 20.

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 21.

Define Taxon.

Q 22.

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

Q 23.

What is a thallus?

Q 24.

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

Q 25.

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

Q 26.

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

Q 27.

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

Q 28.

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

Q 29.

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

Q 30.

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

Q 31.

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

Q 32.

Give an example of marsupial mammal

Q 33.

What do you mean by biodiversity?

Q 34.

Who wrote the book The Origin of Species?

Q 35.

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

Q 36.

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 37.

Why bryophytes are called the amphibians of the plant kingdom?

Q 38.

List important characteristics (at least three) of bryophytes.

Q 39.

What are the uses of bryophytes?

Q 40.

How are pteridophytes different from the phanerogams?

Q 41.

What are naked-seeded plants are called?

Q 42.

Define Cryptograms.

Q 43.

How do gymnosperms and angiosperms differ from each other?

Q 44.

What are the general characteristics found in all animals?

Q 45.

Which animal phylum is commonly called as flatworms?

Q 46.

Which phylum is commonly called roundworms or pinworms?

Q 47.

Differentiate between Annelida and Nematode.

Q 48.

Name the largest group (phylum) of animals.

Q 49.

What is the type of circulatory system present in Arthropods?

Q 50.

How do annelid animals differ from arthropods?