Write one example for each of the following in the space provided.
(a) Cold blooded animal ............
(b) Warm blooded animal ..........
(c) Animal possessing dry and cornified skin ............
(d) Dioecious animal ..........
(a) Crocodilus (crocodile) is a cold blooded animal.
(b) Elephas maximus (elephant), (mammal) is warm blooded animal.
(c) Testudo (tortoise) bears dry and cornified skin.
(d) Ascaris (roundworm) is a dioecious animal.
Give an example of the following
(a) Roundworm
(b) Fish possessing poison sting
(c) A limbless reptile/amphibian
(d) An oviparous mammal
(a) Roundworm - Ascaris
(b) Fish possessing poison sting - Trygon
(c) A limbless reptile/amphibian - Ichthyophis
(d) An oviparous mammal - Duck billed platypus.
Provide appropriate technical term in the space provided.
(a) Blood-filled cavity in arthropods ............
(b) Free-floating form of cnidaria .............
(c) Stinging organ of jelly fishes .............
(d) Lateral appendages in aquatic annelids ...........
(a) Haemocoel is the blood-filled cavity in arthropods containing haemolymph.
(b) Medusa is a form in cnidarians in which the body is shaped like an umbrella which can float freely in sed water
(c) Nematocytes are capsules of specialised cells in cnidarians which act as a paralysing sting.
(d) Parapodia are the paired unjointed lateral outgrowth in annelids bearing chaetae.
Match the following.
Animals | Locomotory Organ | ||
---|---|---|---|
A. | Octopus | 1. | Limbs |
B. | Crocodile | 2. | Comb plates |
C. | Catta | 3. | Tentacles |
D. | Ctenoplana | 4. | Fins |
A. $\rightarrow$ (iii) B. $\rightarrow$ (i) C. $\rightarrow$ (iv) D. $\rightarrow$ (ii)
(a) Octopus Tentacles are the appendages in invertebrates that are used for grasping food and for locomotion.
(c) Catta Fins Fins are means of locomotion and are used to generate optimum thrust thus controlling the subsequent motion.
(d) Ctenoplana Comb plates are locomotory organs formed by strong cilia with fused bases.