Biology

Diversity in Living Organisms

Question:

Snakes, turtles, lizards and crocodiles belong to which category of vertebrates?

Answer:

Reptilia
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Diversity in Living Organisms

Q 1.

Give examples of bryophytes.

Q 2.

Name a reptile which has four chambered heart.

Q 3.

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

Q 4.

Spiny skin, marine, triploblastic coelomates having water-driven tube system for locomotion. What type of group are we talking of?

Q 5.

Name five countries that lie in the region of megadiversity.

Q 6.

Define evolution.

Q 7.

How do gymnosperms and angiosperms differ from each other?

Q 8.

Which worms cause elephantiasis. Name the group it belongs to?

Q 9.

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 10.

What are the general characteristics found in all animals?

Q 11.

Which animal phylum is commonly called as flatworms?

Q 12.

Differentiate between Annelida and Nematode.

Q 13.

What kind of circulatory system is found in animals from Mollusca phylum?

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.

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

Q 17.

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

Q 18.

Which is the largest group of animals?

Q 19.

Give three examples of Molluscs

Q 20.

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

Q 21.

Cold blooded, two chamber heart, stream lined body, scales on skin, gills present, aquatic life. Which group of vertebrates are we referring to?

Q 22.

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 23.

Give three examples of Amphibians.

Q 24.

What are the advantages of classification?

Q 25.

Define Taxonomy.

Q 26.

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

Q 27.

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

Q 28.

Name the levels of classification proposed by Linnaeus. What happens to similarities among organisms as we go from top to bottom level?

Q 29.

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

Q 30.

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

Q 31.

Give examples of Thallophyta plants.

Q 32.

Name the plants that are called "First vascular land plants".

Q 33.

How are pteridophytes different from the phanerogams?

Q 34.

Give two examples of Gymnosperms.

Q 35.

Define Cryptograms.

Q 36.

Write the differences between monocots and dicots.

Q 37.

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

Q 38.

Write two important characteristics of sponges ?

Q 39.

Do sponges have a nervous system?

Q 40.

Write important features about Phylum Platyhelminthes.

Q 41.

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

Q 42.

Leeches and Earthworms belong to which phylum?

Q 43.

Give examples of Arthropod animals.

Q 44.

What is the most striking feature of phylum Arthropoda?

Q 45.

Give examples of animals that belong to Phylum Mollusca.

Q 46.

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

Q 47.

Why are Bats and whales classified as mammals?

Q 48.

In which Kingdom, an organism does not have a well defined nucleus and organelles?

Q 49.

What is the primary characteristic on which the first division of organisms is made?

Q 50.

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