Biology

Diversity in Living Organisms

Question:

Give examples of bryophytes.

Answer:

Funaria (moss) and Marchantia (liverwort)

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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.

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

Q 4.

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 5.

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

Q 6.

Which animal phylum is commonly called as flatworms?

Q 7.

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

Q 8.

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

Q 9.

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

Q 10.

Name a parasitic disease caused by members of Nematoda.

Q 11.

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

Q 12.

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 13.

Give three examples of Protochordata animals.

Q 14.

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 15.

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

Q 16.

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

Q 17.

Why are Thallophytes called non-embryonic plants?

Q 18.

What are the uses of bryophytes?

Q 19.

How do gymnosperms and angiosperms differ from each other?

Q 20.

Write the differences between monocots and dicots.

Q 21.

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

Q 22.

Write two important characteristics of sponges ?

Q 23.

How do poriferan animals differ from coelenterate animals?

Q 24.

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

Q 25.

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

Q 26.

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

Q 27.

Who introduced the system of scientific nomenclature of organisms?

Q 28.

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

Q 29.

What is the mode of nutrition in Mushroom?

Q 30.

Name the kingdom which includes the simplest form of eukaryotes.

Q 31.

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

Q 32.

Name the two groups of Plantae that are commonly called phanerogams.

Q 33.

Give two examples of Bryophyta plants?

Q 34.

Sunflower, Maize, Wheat and Pea belong to which group of plants?

Q 35.

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

Q 36.

Give three examples of Molluscs

Q 37.

Give three examples of animals belong to Echinodermata

Q 38.

Ambibian heart is divided into how many chambers?

Q 39.

Name the fish which is entirely made of cartilage.

Q 40.

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

Q 41.

What do you mean by biodiversity?

Q 42.

Who is known as the father of taxonomy?

Q 43.

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

Q 44.

Name five countries that lie in the region of megadiversity.

Q 45.

Define evolution.

Q 46.

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

Q 47.

Name the scientist who created the third kingdom for all microscopic unicellular organisms. What did he call it?

Q 48.

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

Q 49.

What is Symbiotic? Give an example of organisms which exhibit this relationship.

Q 50.

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