Biology

Diversity in Living Organisms

Question:

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.

Answer:

Gymnosperms
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Diversity in Living Organisms

Q 1.

Give examples of Arthropod animals.

Q 2.

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

Q 3.

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

Q 4.

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

Q 5.

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

Q 6.

Name a parasitic disease caused by members of Nematoda.

Q 7.

Name the kingdom which includes the simplest form of eukaryotes.

Q 8.

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 9.

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

Q 10.

Name five countries that lie in the region of megadiversity.

Q 11.

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

Q 12.

List important characteristics (at least three) of bryophytes.

Q 13.

Which animal phylum is commonly called as flatworms?

Q 14.

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

Q 15.

Give two examples of Bryophyta plants?

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.

Give three examples of Protochordata animals.

Q 18.

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 19.

What do you mean by biodiversity?

Q 20.

What are the advantages of classification?

Q 21.

Who is known as the father of taxonomy?

Q 22.

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

Q 23.

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

Q 24.

In how many kingdoms Carolus Linnaeus diving living beings?

Q 25.

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

Q 26.

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

Q 27.

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

Q 28.

Why are Thallophytes called non-embryonic plants?

Q 29.

What is a thallus?

Q 30.

Why bryophytes are called the amphibians of the plant kingdom?

Q 31.

Give examples of bryophytes.

Q 32.

What are the uses of bryophytes?

Q 33.

How are pteridophytes different from the phanerogams?

Q 34.

Define Cryptograms.

Q 35.

How do gymnosperms and angiosperms differ from each other?

Q 36.

How Angiosperms are divided further?

Q 37.

In how many Phyla, the animal kingdom is divided into?

Q 38.

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

Q 39.

Write two important characteristics of sponges ?

Q 40.

Do sponges have a nervous system?

Q 41.

Identify the phylum having following characteristics:

Q 42.

What are four main features of phylum coelenterates?

Q 43.

How do poriferan animals differ from coelenterate animals?

Q 44.

Which phylum is commonly called roundworms or pinworms?

Q 45.

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

Q 46.

How is a body of Arthropods segmented?

Q 47.

How do annelid animals differ from arthropods?

Q 48.

Give examples of animals that belong to Phylum Mollusca.

Q 49.

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

Q 50.

How is locomotion brought in animals belonging to Mollusca phylum?