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

Match the following:

 
Organisms Organs for feeding
a. Amoeba 1. Feeding tube
b. Hydra 2. Pseudopodium
c. Butterfly 3. Tentacles

  1. a – 2, b – 3, c – 1

  2. a – 2, b – 1, c – 3

  3. a – 1, b – 2, c – 3

  4. a – 1, b – 3, c – 2

  5. a – 3, b – 2, c – 1
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
A Correct answer
Explanation

This is the correct option. In amoeba, the food is ingested through pseudopodium. In hydra, food is ingested through tentacles. In butterfly, food is ingested through the feeding tube.

Multiple choice

Birds do not face the scarcity of water because

  1. excreting with mere water

  2. excreting without water

  3. excreting with less water

  4. None of these
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

Birds excrete nitrogenous waste primarily as uric acid, which is a semi-solid paste requiring very little water for excretion, allowing them to conserve water effectively.

Multiple choice

Isidia are

  1. organs of vegetative propation found in fungi

  2. organs of vegetative propagation found in lichens

  3. organs which contain a photobiont in the interior and a mycobiont on the outside

  4. both (2) and (3)
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
D Correct answer
Explanation

Isidia are vegetative propagules found in lichens. They are small, outgrowths of the thallus containing both the photobiont and mycobiont, which break off to form new lichens.

Multiple choice

_____ is known as false foot.

  1. pseudoartistic

  2. pseudocarp

  3. pseudopodium

  4. pseudo branch
Reveal answer Fill a bubble to check yourself
C Correct answer
Explanation

A pseudopodium (false foot) is a temporary protrusion of the cytoplasm used by amoeboid cells for movement and feeding. The other options are unrelated terms or distractors.