Biology

Diversity in Living Organisms

Question:

How do poriferan animals differ from coelenterate animals?

Answer:

Num.Poriferan AnimalsCoelentrate Animals
1. Cellular level organisation. Tissue level organisation.
2. Mostly marine and non-motile. Aquatic either solitary life or colonial life.
3. Examples: Spongilla, Euplectelia etc. Examples: Hydra, sea anemones, corals etc.
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Diversity in Living Organisms

Q 1.

Name a reptile which has four chambered heart.

Q 2.

In how many kingdoms Carolus Linnaeus diving living beings?

Q 3.

Give three examples of Protochordata animals.

Q 4.

Why bryophytes are called the amphibians of the plant kingdom?

Q 5.

Give examples of Arthropod animals.

Q 6.

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

Q 7.

List important characteristics (at least three) of bryophytes.

Q 8.

Which animal phylum is commonly called as flatworms?

Q 9.

Name the first animals (phylum) that have a true body cavity.

Q 10.

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

Q 11.

In the hierarchy of classification, which group will have the smallest number of organisms and a maximum number of similar characteristics?

Q 12.

Name the simplest of plants that do not have a well-differentiated body design.

Q 13.

Woese introduced by dividing the Monera kingdom into two sub-kingdoms. Name the two?

Q 14.

Identify plant group which has parallel venation, scattered vascular bundles, flower petals/parts in multiple of three, fibrous roots.

Q 15.

Give examples of egg laying mammals

Q 16.

Which do you think is a more basic characteristic for classifying organisms?(a) the place where they live.(b) the kind of cells they are made of. Why?

Q 17.

Based on evolution, primarily how organisms are categorised?

Q 18.

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

Q 19.

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

Q 20.

How are pteridophytes different from the phanerogams?

Q 21.

How do gymnosperms and angiosperms differ from each other?

Q 22.

How Angiosperms are divided further?

Q 23.

Write two important characteristics of sponges ?

Q 24.

Do sponges have a nervous system?

Q 25.

Name a parasitic disease caused by members of Nematoda.

Q 26.

Name the largest group (phylum) of animals.

Q 27.

Name the phylum to which this organism belongs. Write any two characteristic feature of the phylum.

Q 28.

What is a notochord? What does it do?

Q 29.

Name a symbiotic life form that grows on the bark of a tree as large, coloured patches.

Q 30.

Write the name of the group of plants, which produces seeds, but not fruits.

Q 31.

Give two examples of Pteridophyes

Q 32.

Identify which of the following are monocots and dicots : garlic, onion, tomatoes, corn, peppers, potatoes, wheat, beans

Q 33.

Filarial worms, (Ascaris)round worms, (Wuchereria)pin worms belong to which group of animalia?

Q 34.

What type of circulatory system do Molluscs have?

Q 35.

Give three examples of animals belong to Echinodermata

Q 36.

What changes are evolved in limbs of aves?

Q 37.

Give an example of marsupial mammal

Q 38.

What do you mean by biodiversity?

Q 39.

Define Taxonomy.

Q 40.

Who is known as the father of taxonomy?

Q 41.

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

Q 42.

Which region of the earth is called the region of megadiversity?

Q 43.

Define evolution.

Q 44.

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

Q 45.

In which kingdom, you will place an organism which is multicellular, eukaryotic, heterotroph, lacks chlorophyll and has an ingestive mode of nutrition.

Q 46.

According to the five-kingdom system, which kingdom contains organisms whose structure is composed of prokaryotic cells?

Q 47.

How do the saprophytes get their food? Give two examples of a saprophyte.

Q 48.

What is the most striking feature of phylum Arthropoda?

Q 49.

How do annelid animals differ from arthropods?

Q 50.

How is locomotion brought in animals belonging to Mollusca phylum?