Biology

Diversity in Living Organisms

Question:

How do annelid animals differ from arthropods?

Answer:

Num.AnnelidsArthropods
1.True body cavity called coelem Blood filled body cavity called haemocoel.
2. Lateral appendages for locomotion. Jointed legs for locomotion
3. Closed circulatory system Open circulatory System.
4. Body is soft, there is no hard skeleton Hard Exoskeleton made up of chitin
5. The body is segmented both externally and internally (septa) e.g. Body is externally divided but not internally by septa.
6. e.g. Leech, earthworms etc. e.g. Insects, spiders, prawns 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.

Based on evolution, primarily how organisms are categorised?

Q 17.

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

Q 18.

How are pteridophytes different from the phanerogams?

Q 19.

How do gymnosperms and angiosperms differ from each other?

Q 20.

How Angiosperms are divided further?

Q 21.

Write two important characteristics of sponges ?

Q 22.

Do sponges have a nervous system?

Q 23.

Name a parasitic disease caused by members of Nematoda.

Q 24.

Name the largest group (phylum) of animals.

Q 25.

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

Q 26.

What is a notochord? What does it do?

Q 27.

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

Q 28.

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

Q 29.

Give two examples of Pteridophyes

Q 30.

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

Q 31.

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

Q 32.

Give three examples of animals belong to Echinodermata

Q 33.

What changes are evolved in limbs of aves?

Q 34.

Give an example of marsupial mammal

Q 35.

Define Taxonomy.

Q 36.

Who is known as the father of taxonomy?

Q 37.

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

Q 38.

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 39.

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

Q 40.

Define evolution.

Q 41.

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

Q 42.

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

Q 43.

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

Q 44.

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

Q 45.

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

Q 46.

What is the most striking feature of phylum Arthropoda?

Q 47.

How is locomotion brought in animals belonging to Mollusca phylum?

Q 48.

Name the substance which makes the cell wall of fungi.

Q 49.

Give examples of the organisms that have cilia and flagellum for moving around.

Q 50.

Who introduced the system of scientific nomenclature of organisms?