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
  1. people

  2. fish

  3. owls

  4. students

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

According to the passage, it is stated "a group of owls is called parliament". Hence, this answer is correct.

Multiple choice
  1. 7000

  2. 10,000

  3. 12,500

  4. 13,000

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

As given in the passage, "Their average total pecks are 8000 to 12,000 a day". It ranges between 8000 to 12,0000. Hence, this answer is correct.

Multiple choice
  1. Lungs

  2. Eyes

  3. Nose

  4. Tongue

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

According to the passage, it is stated "but they rather listen with the help of their lungs". Hence, this answer is correct.

Multiple choice
  1. very high

  2. average

  3. great

  4. at its best

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

It is given in the passage. The line "They do not possess great stamina" suggests the answer. Hence, this option is correct.

Multiple choice
  1. Leisurely

  2. Slowly

  3. Sluggishly

  4. Swiftly

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

It is stated in the passage, "Bengal tiger can also swim and move quite swiftly in water". Hence, this option is correct.

Multiple choice
  1. two and a half years old

  2. three and a half years old

  3. one and a half years old

  4. two years old

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

It is stated in the passage, "They look after their young ones till they are about two and a half years old". Hence, this option is correct.

Multiple choice
  1. tongue

  2. nose

  3. eyes

  4. jaw

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
B Correct answer
Explanation

According to the passage, "A flexible bone like men have in their ears and nose". Hence, this answer is correct.

Multiple choice
  1. bones

  2. ligaments

  3. muscles

  4. cartilages

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

It is because they do not have bones. It is stated in the passage that, "Their skeleton is made of cartilage". Hence, this answer is correct.

Multiple choice
  1. jaws

  2. vision

  3. sense of smell

  4. stamina

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

They possess strong jaws, strong sense of smell and strong vision, but not strong stamina. Hence, this option is correct.

Multiple choice
  1. autotrophic

  2. heterotrophic

  3. mixotrophic

  4. holozoic

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The mode of nutrition in amoeba is holozoic. Holozoic nutrition is a type of heterotrophic nutrition that is characterised by the internalisation (ingestion) and internal processing of liquids or solid food particles.  

Multiple choice
  1. Serrations

  2. Electomagnets

  3. Ampullae of Lorenzini

  4. Echolocations

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Hint: "Great Whites have special pores called Ampullae of Lorenzini..."

Multiple choice
  1. Amoeba

  2. Paramecium

  3. Ascaris

  4. Hydra

  5. -

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Thigmotaxis is a touch or mechanical stimulus shown by amoeba.

Multiple choice
  1. nematodes

  2. annelids

  3. trematodes

  4. flatworms

  5. -

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

The class Turbellaria is the most primitive group within the phylum Platyhelminthes, the flatworms.

Multiple choice
  1. Porifera and Annelida - Phyla

  2. Oligochaeta and Arthropoda - Phyla

  3. Mollusca and Hydrozoa - Classes

  4. Aves and Chordata - Classes

  5. -

Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

Both Porifera and Annelida are phyla. The common examples of the genera in Porifera are Lycon, Sycon, etc. and an example of the phylum Annelida is earthworm.