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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.

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Diversity in Living Organisms Questions

Multiple choice

Directions: A group of children were playing on a heap of sand near the sea shore. One of them collected some shelled creatures from the sand. Having been taught a lesson on diversity in School in Class IX, one of the children identified them as snails.

Which of the following organisms belong to the same phylum as that of snails?

  1. Unio

  2. Holothuria

  3. Prawn

  4. Antedon
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Snails belong to the phylum Mollusca. Unio (a freshwater mussel) is also a mollusk.

Multiple choice

Directions: A group of children were playing on a heap of sand near the sea shore. One of them collected some shelled creatures from the sand. Having been taught a lesson on diversity in School in Class IX, one of the children identified them as snails.

Which of the following features do snails possess?

  1. Notochord

  2. Kidney-like excretory organs

  3. Pseudocoelom

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

Mollusks, including snails, possess specialized excretory organs often referred to as metanephridia, which function similarly to kidneys.

Multiple choice

Directions: Vicky was playing volleyball in the ground with his friends. One of his friend, Himesh who was standing near the boundary felt something climbing upon his feet. Subsequently he started crying in pain. Vicky being a class IX student identified the climbing creature as leech and helped in removing the leech.

To which of the following phylum does leech belong?

  1. Phylum Arthropoda

  2. Phylum Platyhelminthes

  3. Phylum Annelida

  4. Phylum Echinodermata
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Leeches belong to the Phylum Annelida, which consists of segmented worms. Arthropoda includes insects and crustaceans, Platyhelminthes are flatworms, and Echinodermata includes starfish and sea urchins.

Multiple choice

Which of the following statements is not true for euglena?

  1. Euglena divides horizontally.

  2. Euglena possesses a red eyespot.

  3. Euglena lacks a cell wall.

  4. Euglena can form a protective wall around itself during unfavourable conditions.

  5. Euglena's chloroplasts are surrounded by three membranes.
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Euglena reproduces asexually through binary fission. 

Multiple choice

The protozoa commonly known as giant amoeba is

  1. acanthamoeba

  2. amoeba

  3. balamuthia

  4. chaos

  5. clydonella
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Chaos is a genus of amoebae in the family Amoebidae. The largest and best known species, the so-called giant amoeba Chaos carolinense, can reach upto a length of 5 mm.

Multiple choice

The dictyostelids are commonly known as social amoebae. Which of the following statements does not characterise dictyostelids?

  1. They form pseudoplasmodium if the food supply is inadequate.

  2. The slug is capable of responding to light and temperature gradients.

  3. Dictyostelium is an interesting example of the evolution of cooperation and cheating.

  4. Only the heterothallic strains of dictostelium can undergo mating.

  5. Mating is initiated by gametogenesis.
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D Correct answer
Explanation

Sexual development can occur when amoeboid cells are starved for their bacterial food supply and dark humid conditions are present. 

Multiple choice

Which of the following statements regarding Entamoeba is FALSE?

  1. Multi nucleated trophozoites convert into cysts in a process called encystation.

  2. Entamoeba belongs to Archamoebae.

  3. The trophozoites of Entamoeba feed primarily on bacteria.

  4. Entamoeba coli is harmless.

  5. All Entamoeba species are found in the intestines of the animals that they infect.
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A Correct answer
Explanation

Uni-nucleated trophozoites convert into cysts in a process called encystation.