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1
In some animal groups, the body is found divided into compartments with at least some organs. This characteristic feature is called
2
Given below are types of cells present in some animals. Which of the following cells can differentiate to perform different functions?
3
Which one of the following sets of animals share a four chambered heart?
4
Which of the following pairs of animals has non-glandular skin?
5
Birds and mammals share one of the following characteristics as a common feature.
6
Which one of the following sets of animals belong to a single taxonomic group?
7
Which one of the following statements is incorrect?
8
Which one of the following statements is incorrect?
9
Which one of the following is oviparous?
10
Which one of the following is not a poisonous snake?
11

Match the following list of animals with their level of organisation.

Division of Labour Animal
(i) Organ level A. Pheretima
(ii) Cellular aggregate level B. Fasciola
(iii) Tissue level C. Spongilla
(iv) Organ system level D. Obelia

Choose the correct match showing division of labour with animal example.

12
Body cavity is the cavity present between body wall and gut wall. In some animals the body cavity is not lined by mesoderm. Such animals are called.
13

Match the column I with column II and choose the correct option.

Division of Labour Animal
A. Porifera 1. Canal system
B. Aschelminthes 2. Water vascular system
C. Annelida 3. Muscular Pharynx
D. Arthropoda 4. Jointed appendages
E. Echinodermata 5. Metameres

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14
Identify the phylum in which adults exhibit radial symmetry and larva exhibit bilateral symmetry.
15
What is the importance of pneumatic bones and air sacs in Aves?
16
What is metagenesis? Mention an example which exhibits this phenomenon.
17
What is the role of feathers?
18
Which group of chordates possess sucking and circular mouth without jaws?
19
Give one example each for an animal possessing placoid scales and that with cycloid scales.
20
Mention two modifications in reptiles required for terrestrial mode of life.
21
Mention one example each for animals with chitinous exoskeleton and those covered by a calcareous shell.
22
Name the animal, which exhibits the phenomenon of bioluminescence. Mention the phylum to which it belongs.
23

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 ..........

24
Differentiate between a diplobastic and a triploblastic animal.
25

Give an example of the following

(a) Roundworm

(b) Fish possessing poison sting

(c) A limbless reptile/amphibian

(d) An oviparous mammal

26

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 ...........

27

Match the following.

Animals Locomotory Organ
A. Octopus 1. Limbs
B. Crocodile 2. Comb plates
C. Catta 3. Tentacles
D. Ctenoplana 4. Fins

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28

Differentiate between

(a) Open circulatory system and closed circulatary system.

(b) Oviparous and viviparous characteristic .

(c) Direct development and Indirect development.

29
Sort out the animals on the basis of their symmetry (radial or bilateral) coelenterates, ctenophores, annelids, arthropods and echinoderms.
30
There has been an increase in the number of chambers in heart during evolution of vertebrates. Give the names of the class of vertebrates having two, three or four chambered heart.
31

Fill up the blank spaces appropriately

Phylum/Class Excretory Organ Circulatory Organ Respiratory Organ
Arthropoda Lungs/Gills/Tracheal System
Nephridia Closed Skin/Parapodia
Metanephridia Open
Amphibia Closed Lung

32

Match the following

A. Amphibia (i) Air bladder
B. Mammals (ii) Cartilaginous notochord
C. Chondrichthyes (iii) Mammary glands
D. Osteichthyes (iv) Pneumatic bones
E. Cyclostomata (v) Dual habitat
F. Aves (vi) Sucking and circular mouth with out jaws.

33
Endoparasites are found inside the host body. Mention the special structure, possessed by these and which enables them to survive in those conditions.
34

Match the following and write correct choice in space provided

Animal Characteristics
A. Pila (i) Jointed appendages
B. Cockroach (ii) Perching
C. Asterias (iii) Water vascular system
D. Torpedo (iv) Electric organ
E. Parrot (v) Presence of shell
F. Dog fish (vi) Placoid scales

35

Differentiate between

(a) Open and closed circulatory system

(b) Oviparity and viviparity

(c) Direct and indirect development

(d) Acoelomate and pseudocoelomate

(e) Notochord and nerve cord

(f) Polyp and medusa

36

Give the characteristic features of the following citing one example of each

(a) Chondrichthyes and ostichthyes

(b) Urochordata and cephalochordata

37

Mention two similarities between

(a) Aves and mammals

(b) A frog and crocodile

(c) A turtle and Pila

38

Name

(a) A limbless animal

(b) A cold blooded animal

(c) A warm blooded animal

(d) An animal possessing dry and cornified skin

(e) An animal having canal system and spicules

(f) An animal with cnidoblasts

39

Give an example for each of the following

(a) A viviparous animal

(b) A fish possessing a poison sting

(c) A fish possessing an electric organ

(d) An organ, which regulates buoyancy

(e) Animal, which exhibits alternation of generation

(f) Oviparous animal with mammary gland

40

Excretory organs of different animals are given below. Choose correctly and write in the space provided.

Animal Excretory Organ/Unit
A. Balanoglossus (i) Metanephridia
B. Leech (ii) Nephridia
C. Locust (iii) Flame cells
D. Liver fluke (iv) Absent
E. Sea urchin (v) Malpighian tubule
F. Pila (vi) Proboscis gland

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