Biology

Diversity in Living Organisms

Question:

Differentiate between Annelida and Nematode.

Answer:

Num.NematodaAnnelida
1. Tissues but no real organs. True organs packaged in body structure.
2. Body Cavity is not true coelom (pseudocoelom) True body Cavity
3. The body is cylindrical Body is segmented.
4. e.g. Ascaris, Wucharia e.g. Leeches, Earthworms, Nereis
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Diversity in Living Organisms

Q 1.

On what bases are plants and animals put into different categories?

Q 2.

Give examples of Arthropod animals.

Q 3.

Name the kingdom which includes the simplest form of eukaryotes.

Q 4.

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

Q 5.

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

Q 6.

Name five countries that lie in the region of megadiversity.

Q 7.

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

Q 8.

Name a reptile which has four chambered heart.

Q 9.

(a) What are saprophytes?
(b) Name the kingdom to which they belong.
(c) What is the cell wall of fungi made up of?

Q 10.

Why are Thallophytes called non-embryonic plants?

Q 11.

How are pteridophytes different from the phanerogams?

Q 12.

Name a parasitic disease caused by members of Nematoda.

Q 13.

Who introduced the system of scientific nomenclature of organisms?

Q 14.

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

Q 15.

Give two examples of Pteridophyes

Q 16.

Minimal body design, have holes which lead to canal system that helps in circulating water, marine habitat. Which division of Animalia it refers to?

Q 17.

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

Q 18.

Give three examples of Protochordata animals.

Q 19.

What is the main basis of differentiation between vertebrates and non-vertebrates?

Q 20.

Give three examples of flightless birds.

Q 21.

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

Q 22.

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

Q 23.

Give two examples of Gymnosperms.

Q 24.

How Angiosperms are divided further?

Q 25.

How is locomotion brought in animals belonging to Mollusca phylum?

Q 26.

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

Q 27.

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

Q 28.

Identify the plant groups which has net like veins in leaves, flower parts in group of fours or fives, vascular bundles are in a ring and two seed leaves.

Q 29.

Give two examples of Bryophyta plants?

Q 30.

Give three examples of Molluscs

Q 31.

Give three examples of animals belong to Echinodermata

Q 32.

Ambibian heart is divided into how many chambers?

Q 33.

Give three examples of Amphibians.

Q 34.

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 35.

Why do we classify organisms?

Q 36.

Define Taxon.

Q 37.

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

Q 38.

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

Q 39.

List important characteristics (at least three) of bryophytes.

Q 40.

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

Q 41.

Write two important characteristics of sponges ?

Q 42.

What are four main features of phylum coelenterates?

Q 43.

Which animal phylum is commonly called as flatworms?

Q 44.

Which phylum is commonly called roundworms or pinworms?

Q 45.

What is the most striking feature of phylum Arthropoda?

Q 46.

How is a body of Arthropods segmented?

Q 47.

How do annelid animals differ from arthropods?

Q 48.

Name the phylum to which Start fish and Sea urchin belong to?

Q 49.

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

Q 50.

What is a notochord? What does it do?