Biology

Diversity in Living Organisms

Question:

Which is the largest group of animals?

Answer:

Arthopoda
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Diversity in Living Organisms

Q 1.

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

Q 2.

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

Q 3.

Why do we classify organisms?

Q 4.

What is osculum?

Q 5.

In the hierarchy of classification, which group will have the largest number of organisms?

Q 6.

What are the general characteristics found in all animals?

Q 7.

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

Q 8.

Give examples of Porifera or Sponges.

Q 9.

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

Q 10.

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 11.

Give three examples of Molluscs

Q 12.

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

Q 13.

In which kingdom you will place an organism which is multicellular, eukaryotic, non-green heterotroph or saprophytic, lacks chlorophyll and has an absorptive mode of nutrition?

Q 14.

What are naked-seeded plants are called?

Q 15.

Define Cryptograms.

Q 16.

How Angiosperms are divided further?

Q 17.

Give examples of Arthropod animals.

Q 18.

Give examples of animals that belong to Phylum Mollusca.

Q 19.

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

Q 20.

Give two examples of Bryophyta plants?

Q 21.

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 22.

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

Q 23.

Name a reptile which has four chambered heart.

Q 24.

Give three examples of flightless birds.

Q 25.

Which organisms are called primitive and how are they different from the so-called advanced organisms?

Q 26.

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

Q 27.

Name the organisms which are outside the classification.

Q 28.

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

Q 29.

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

Q 30.

Give examples of bryophytes.

Q 31.

What are the uses of bryophytes?

Q 32.

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

Q 33.

Give two examples of Gymnosperms.

Q 34.

How do gymnosperms and angiosperms differ from each other?

Q 35.

Do sponges have a nervous system?

Q 36.

Identify the phylum having following characteristics:

Q 37.

Which animal phylum is considered to be first triploblastic animals?

Q 38.

Write important features about Phylum Platyhelminthes.

Q 39.

How do poriferan animals differ from coelenterate animals?

Q 40.

Name the largest group (phylum) of animals.

Q 41.

What is the most striking feature of phylum Arthropoda?

Q 42.

How is a body of Arthropods segmented?

Q 43.

What is the type of circulatory system present in Arthropods?

Q 44.

How do annelid animals differ from arthropods?

Q 45.

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

Q 46.

How is locomotion brought in animals belonging to Mollusca phylum?

Q 47.

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

Q 48.

What is a notochord? What does it do?

Q 49.

Give examples of organisms which belong to Phylum Protochordata.

Q 50.

Why are Bats and whales classified as mammals?