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.
What do you mean by biodiversity?
Q 3.
Give examples of bryophytes.
Q 4.
In how many kingdoms Carolus Linnaeus diving living beings?
Q 5.
Give examples of Arthropod animals.
Q 7.
What are naked-seeded plants are called?
Q 8.
Write important features about Phylum Platyhelminthes.
Q 9.
How do poriferan animals differ from coelenterate animals?
Q 10.
Identify the Animalia group having following features:
Q 11.
Who is known as the father of taxonomy?
Q 12.
What is the criterion for classification of organisms as belonging to kingdom Monera or Protista?
Q 13.
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 14.
Differentiate between Annelida and Nematode.
Q 15.
In which kingdom would you place an organism which is unicellular, eukaryotic and photosynthetic?
Q 16.
Which division of plants are often called amphibians of the plant kingdom?
Q 17.
Give three examples of Molluscs
Q 18.
Cold blooded, two chamber heart, stream lined body, scales on skin, gills present, aquatic life. Which group of vertebrates are we referring to?
Q 19.
Give an example of mammal that can fly.
Q 20.
Give three examples of the range of variations that you see in lifeforms around you.
Q 21.
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 22.
How do the saprophytes get their food? Give two examples of a saprophyte.
Q 23.
Give two examples of Gymnosperms.
Q 24.
What are the general characteristics found in all animals?
Q 25.
In how many Phyla, the animal kingdom is divided into?
Q 26.
What is the most striking feature of phylum Arthropoda?
Q 27.
In the hierarchy of classification, which group will have the largest number of organisms?
Q 28.
Name the two groups of Plantae that are commonly called phanerogams.
Q 29.
Give three examples of flightless birds.
Q 30.
Name the organisms which are outside the classification.
Q 31.
What are the major divisions in the Plantae? What is the basis for these divisions?
Q 32.
Why are Thallophytes called non-embryonic plants?
Q 33.
On what basis plants are divided into two sub-kingdoms?
Q 34.
Name the phylum to which the following are included. (i) Spider (ii) Cockroach (iii) Prawn (iv) Housefly
Q 35.
Animals belong to phylum Coelenterata are diploblastic. What do you mean by the term diploblastic?
Q 36.
How is a body of Arthropods segmented?
Q 37.
Name the phylum to which Start fish and Sea urchin belong to?
Q 38.
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 39.
Name the simplest of plants that do not have a well-differentiated body design.
Q 40.
Name the three divisions of Plantae that have inconspicuous reproductive organs. What are their seeds called?
Q 41.
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 42.
Commonly called flatworm, bilateral symmetrical, acoelomates are the features of which animal division?
Q 43.
Ambibian heart is divided into how many chambers?
Q 44.
Name the fish having skeleton made of both bone and cartilage.
Q 45.
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 46.
Give an example of marsupial mammal
Q 47.
What are the advantages of classification?
Q 48.
What is the primary reason for such a huge diversity we find in animals and plants?
Q 49.
On what bases are plants and animals put into different categories?
Q 50.
Name the scientist who created the third kingdom for all microscopic unicellular organisms. What did he call it?
