Biology · Science General

Diversity in Living Organisms

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The diversity in living organisms deals with the classification of life forms into various kingdoms and phyla. This topic covers specific traits of bacteria, animal body cavities, and structural adaptations for survival. These fundamentals are crucial for biology sections in medical entrance and state board exams.

Animal phyla characteristicsBacteria and flagellaBiological adaptationsKingdom Animalia classificationBody cavity typesExtinct organism subphylaJawless animals identification

Diversity in Living Organisms Questions

Multiple choice

Which of the following is mismatched?

  1. Zoological Parks- Specimens exhibited are lifeless and inactive

  2. National Parks - Private ownership and manipulations are not permitted in National parks

  3. Birds - are regarded as avians

  4. Viruses - are non-living chemicals in the extracellular state
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Zoological parks are places where wild animals are kept in protected environments under human care, so they are living and active, not lifeless. The statement claiming they are lifeless is factually incorrect.

Multiple choice

Which of the following is the largest phylum in the animal kingdom?

  1. Phylum Platyhelminthes

  2. Phylum Echinodermata

  3. Phylum Chordata

  4. Phylum Annelida

  5. Phylum Arthropoda
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
E Correct answer
Explanation

It is a phylum of triploblastic haemocoelomic, segmented invertebrates having head, thorax and abdomen, a chitinous exoskeleton and jointed legs and appendages. This phylum is the largest phylum in animal kingdom with 11 lakh species.

Multiple choice

Ammocoete larva is characteristic of

  1. Herdmania

  2. Lampreys

  3. Hagfishes

  4. Coelacanth
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

The Ammocoete larva is the larval stage of lampreys, which are jawless fish belonging to the order Petromyzontiformes.