Question:
In how many Phyla, the animal kingdom is divided into?
Answer:
Kindom Animalia is divided into nine phyla i.e.
- Porifera (sponges)
- Coelenterata (jellyfishes, corals...)
- Platyhelminthes (flat worms)
- Nematoda (round worms)
- Annelida (earthworms)
- Arthropoda (insects, spiders, crabs etc.)
- Mollusca (snails, oysters etc.)
- Echinodermata (starfishes, sea urchins etc.)
- Chordata (animals with backbone)
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.
How is a body of Arthropods segmented?
Q 5.
Give three examples of Protochordata animals.
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.
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 8.
Give examples of bryophytes.
Q 9.
Differentiate between Annelida and Nematode.
Q 10.
What is the primary characteristic on which the first division of organisms is made?
Q 11.
Name the two groups of Plantae that are commonly called phanerogams.
Q 12.
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 13.
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 14.
Give examples of egg laying mammals
Q 15.
What do you mean by biodiversity?
Q 16.
Name five countries that lie in the region of megadiversity.
Q 17.
What is the criterion for classification of organisms as belonging to kingdom Monera or Protista?
Q 18.
What are the major divisions in the Plantae? What is the basis for these divisions?
Q 19.
Why bryophytes are called the amphibians of the plant kingdom?
Q 20.
List important characteristics (at least three) of bryophytes.
Q 21.
Name the plants that are called "
First vascular land plants".
Q 22.
How Phanerogams are divided further chiefly?
Q 23.
Name the phylum to which the following are included. (i) Spider (ii) Cockroach (iii) Prawn (iv) Housefly
Q 24.
Write two important characteristics of sponges ?
Q 25.
Which animal phylum is commonly called as flatworms?
Q 26.
Give examples of animals belong to Nematoda.
Q 27.
Name the phylum to which Start fish and Sea urchin belong to?
Q 28.
Give examples of organisms which belong to Phylum Protochordata.
Q 29.
Name the three divisions of Plantae that have inconspicuous reproductive organs. What are their seeds called?
Q 30.
Hydra, Jelly Fish, corals belog to which group of animals?
Q 31.
Commonly called flatworm, bilateral symmetrical, acoelomates are the features of which animal division?
Q 32.
What type of circulatory system do Molluscs have?
Q 33.
Snakes, turtles, lizards and crocodiles belong to which category of vertebrates?
Q 34.
Give three examples of flightless birds.
Q 35.
What are the advantages of classification?
Q 36.
Will advanced organisms be the same as complex organisms? Why?
Q 37.
Name the book written by Carolus Linnaeus on the classification of organisms.
Q 38.
Explain the basis for grouping organisms into five kingdoms.
Q 39.
In which kingdom will you place an organism which is single-celled, eukaryotic and photosynthetic?
Q 40.
In which kingdom, you will place an organism which is multicellular, eukaryotic, heterotroph, lacks chlorophyll and has an ingestive mode of nutrition.
Q 41.
Blue-green algae are classified with bacteria and placed in kingdom Monera.
Q 42.
On what basis plants are divided into two sub-kingdoms?
Q 43.
Give two examples of Gymnosperms.
Q 44.
What are the general characteristics found in all animals?
Q 45.
Which animal phylum is considered to be first triploblastic animals?
Q 46.
Name a parasitic disease caused by members of Nematoda.
Q 47.
Name the first animals (phylum) that have a true body cavity.
Q 48.
What kind of circulatory system is found in animals from Mollusca phylum?
Q 49.
How is locomotion brought in animals belonging to Mollusca phylum?
Q 50.
In which kingdom would you place an organism which is unicellular, eukaryotic and photosynthetic?
