Biology

Diversity in Living Organisms

Question:

Identify the phylum having following characteristics:

Answer:

Phylum Coelenterata
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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.

Give examples of Arthropod animals.

Q 6.

Give three examples of flightless birds.

Q 7.

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

Q 8.

How do annelid animals differ from arthropods?

Q 9.

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 10.

Define evolution.

Q 11.

In the hierarchy of classification, which grouping will have the smallest number of organisms with a maximum of characteristics in common and which will have the largest number of organisms?

Q 12.

How Phanerogams are divided further chiefly?

Q 13.

Which in your opinion is more basic characteristic for classifying organism. The place where they live in or the kind of cells they are made of?

Q 14.

Do Protozoans have eyes?

Q 15.

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

Q 16.

Give two examples of Bryophyta plants?

Q 17.

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

Q 18.

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

Q 19.

Ambibian heart is divided into how many chambers?

Q 20.

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

Q 21.

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

Q 22.

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 23.

Give examples of Thallophyta plants.

Q 24.

On what basis plants are divided into two sub-kingdoms?

Q 25.

What are the general characteristics found in all animals?

Q 26.

Which animal phylum is commonly called as flatworms?

Q 27.

Which phylum is commonly called roundworms or pinworms?

Q 28.

What is the type of circulatory system present in Arthropods?

Q 29.

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

Q 30.

What is a notochord? What does it do?

Q 31.

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

Q 32.

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

Q 33.

Algae belongs to which division of Plantae?

Q 34.

Which is the largest group of animals?

Q 35.

Give three examples of Protochordata animals.

Q 36.

What are the advantages of classification?

Q 37.

Define Taxon.

Q 38.

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

Q 39.

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

Q 40.

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

Q 41.

Name the organisms which are outside the classification.

Q 42.

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

Q 43.

What are naked-seeded plants are called?

Q 44.

Write two important characteristics of sponges ?

Q 45.

Give examples of Porifera or Sponges.

Q 46.

Animals belong to phylum Coelenterata are diploblastic. What do you mean by the term diploblastic?

Q 47.

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

Q 48.

What is the most striking feature of phylum Arthropoda?

Q 49.

How is a body of Arthropods segmented?

Q 50.

Give examples of animals that belong to Phylum Mollusca.