Question:
Blue-green algae are classified with bacteria and placed in kingdom Monera.
Answer:
Blue-green algae or Cyanobacteria are photosynthetic bacteria but they are placed under kingdom Monera because:
- they are unicellular.
- they show prokaryotic morphological structure i.e. not the well defined nucleus
Diversity in Living Organisms
Q 1.
Name a reptile which has four chambered heart.
Q 2.
In which kingdom would you place an organism which is unicellular, eukaryotic and photosynthetic?
Q 3.
Why bryophytes are called the amphibians of the plant kingdom?
Q 4.
List important characteristics (at least three) of bryophytes.
Q 5.
How is locomotion brought in animals belonging to Mollusca phylum?
Q 6.
Woese introduced by dividing the Monera kingdom into two sub-kingdoms. Name the two?
Q 7.
Give three examples of Molluscs
Q 8.
Based on evolution, primarily how organisms are categorised?
Q 9.
In how many kingdoms Carolus Linnaeus diving living beings?
Q 10.
How Angiosperms are divided further?
Q 11.
Give examples of Porifera or Sponges.
Q 12.
Give examples of Arthropod animals.
Q 13.
Name the phylum to which this organism belongs. Write any two characteristic feature of the phylum.
Q 14.
Amar, Ujala and Anara wrote the scientic name of mango as follows. Who wrote it correctly.
Amar - Mangifera Indica
Ujala - Mangifera indica
Anara - mangifera indica
Q 15.
Will advanced organisms be the same as complex organisms? Why?
Q 16.
In which kingdom, you will place an organism which is multicellular, eukaryotic, heterotroph, lacks chlorophyll and has an ingestive mode of nutrition.
Q 17.
What is Symbiotic? Give an example of organisms which exhibit this relationship.
Q 18.
Which animal phylum is considered to be first triploblastic animals?
Q 19.
Name the simplest of plants that do not have a well-differentiated body design.
Q 20.
Pines and Deodar belong to which group of Plants?
Q 21.
Sunflower, Maize, Wheat and Pea belong to which group of plants?
Q 22.
Hydra, Jelly Fish, corals belog to which group of animals?
Q 23.
Filarial worms, (Ascaris)round worms, (Wuchereria)pin worms belong to which group of animalia?
Q 24.
Give three examples of Protochordata animals.
Q 25.
What is the main basis of differentiation between vertebrates and non-vertebrates?
Q 26.
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 27.
Give an example of marsupial mammal
Q 28.
Give an example of mammal that can fly.
Q 29.
Who is known as the father of taxonomy?
Q 30.
Name the levels of classification proposed by Linnaeus. What happens to similarities among organisms as we go from top to bottom level?
Q 31.
Which phylum is commonly called roundworms or pinworms?
Q 32.
Differentiate between Annelida and Nematode.
Q 33.
What is the type of circulatory system present in Arthropods?
Q 34.
What kind of circulatory system is found in animals from Mollusca phylum?
Q 35.
Which in your opinion is more basic characteristic for classifying organism. The place where they live in or the kind of cells they are made of?
Q 36.
Write the name of the group of plants, which produces seeds, but not fruits.
Q 37.
Identify plant group which has parallel venation, scattered vascular bundles, flower petals/parts in multiple of three, fibrous roots.
Q 38.
Which division among plants has the simplest organisms?
Q 39.
How do thallophytes and pteridophytes differ from each other? Write two differences.
Q 40.
On what basis plants are divided into two sub-kingdoms?
Q 41.
How are pteridophytes different from the phanerogams?
Q 42.
Define Cryptograms.
Q 43.
In how many Phyla, the animal kingdom is divided into?
Q 44.
Name the phylum to which the following are included. (i) Spider (ii) Cockroach (iii) Prawn (iv) Housefly
Q 45.
Write two important characteristics of sponges ?
Q 47.
Which animal phylum is commonly called as flatworms?
Q 48.
How do poriferan animals differ from coelenterate animals?
Q 49.
What is the most striking feature of phylum Arthropoda?
Q 50.
How is a body of Arthropods segmented?
