Chapter 4 Animal Kingdom

Question 1. In some animal groups, the body is found divided into compartments with serial repitition of at least some organs. This characteristic feature is called

a. Segmentation

b. Metamerism

c. Metagenesis

d. Metamorphosis

Question 2. Given below are types of cells present in some animals. Which of the following cells can differentiate to perform different functions?

a. Choanocytes

b. Interstitial cells

c. Gastrodermal cells

d. Nematocytes

Question 3. Which one of the following sets of animals share a four chambered heart?

a. Amphibian, Reptiles, Birds

b. Crocodiles, Birds, Mammals

c. Crocodiles, Lizards, Turtles

d. Lizards, Mammals, Birds

Question 4. Which of the following pairs of animals has non glandular skin

a. Snake and Frog

b. Chameleon and Turtle

c. Frog and Pigeon

d. Crocodile and Tiger

Question 5. Birds and mammals share one of the following characteristics as a common feature.

a. Pigmented skin

b. Pneumatic bones

c. Viviparity

d. Warm blooded

Question 6. Which one of the following sets of animals belong to a single taxonomic group?

a. Cuttlefish, Jellyfish, Silverfish, Dogfish, Starfish

b. Bat, Pigeon, Butterfly

c. Monkey, Chimpanzee, Man

d. Silkworm, Tapeworm, Earthworm

Question 7. Which one of the following statements is incorrect?

a. Mesoglea is present in between ectoderm and endoderm in Obelia.

b. Exhibits radial symmetry Asterias

c. Fasciola is a pseudocoelomate animal

d. Taenia is a triploblastic animal

Question 8. Which one of the following statements is incorrect?

a. In cockroaches and prawns excretion of waste material occurs through malpighian tubules.

b. In ctenophores, locomotion is mediated by comb plates.

c. In Fasciola, flame cells help in excretion

d. Earthworms are hermaphrodites and yet cross fertilization take place among them.

Question 9. Which one of the following is oviparous?

a. Platypus

b. Flying fox (Bat)

c. Elephant

d. Whale

Question 10. Which one of the following is a non-poisonous snake?

a. Cobra

b. Viper

c. Python

d. Krait

Question 11. Match the following list of animals with their level of organisation.

Division of Labour Animal

Column I Column II

A. Organ level i. Pheretima

B. Cellular aggregate level ii. Fasciola

C. Tissue level iii. Spongilla

D. Organ system level iv. Obelia

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

a. i-B, ii-C, iii-D, and iv-A

b. i-B, ii-D, iii-C, and iv-A

c. i-D, ii-A, iii-B, and iv-C

d. i-A, ii-D, iii-C, and iv-B

Question 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

a. Acoelomates

b. Pseudocoelomates

c. Coelomates

d. Haemocoelomates

Question 13. Match the column A with column B and choose the correct option

Column I Column II

A. Porifera i. Canal system

B. Aschelminthes ii. Water-vascular system

C. Annelida iii. Muscular pharynx

D. Arthropoda iv. Jointed appendages

E. Echinodermata v. Metameres

a. A-ii, B-iii, C-v, D-iv, E-i

b. A-ii, B-v, C-iii, D-iv, E-i

c. A-i, B-iii, C-v, D-iv, E-ii

d. A-i, B-v, C-iii, D-iv, E-ii

Question 1. Identify the phylum in which adults exhibit radial symmetry and larva exhibit bilateral symmetry.

Question 2. What is the importance of pneumatic bones and air sacs in Aves?

Question 3. What is metagenesis? Mention an example which exhibits this phenomenon.

Question 4. What is the role of feathers?

Question 5. Which group of chordates possess sucking and circular mouth without jaws?

Question 6. Give one example each for an animal possessing placoid scales and that with cycloid scales.

Question 7. Mention two modifications in reptiles required for terrestrial mode of life.

Question 8. Mention one example each for animals with chitinous exoskeleton and those covered by a calcareous shell.

Question 9. What is the role of radula in molluscs?

Question 10. Name the animal, which exhibits the phenomenon of bioluminescence. Mention the phylum to which it belongs.

Question 11. Write one example 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 _____________________

Question 12. Differentiate between a diploblastic and a triploblastic animal.

Question 13. Give an example of the following

a. Round worm

b. Fish possessing poison sting

c. A limbless reptile/ amphibian

d. An oviparous mammal

Question 14. 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 ___________________.

Question 15. Match the following:

Animals Locomotory Organ

a. Octopus i. Limbs

b. Crocodile ii. Comb plates

c. Catla iii. Tentacles

d. Ctenoplana iv. Fins

Question 1. Differentiate between:

a. Open circulatory system and closed circulatory system

b. Oviparous and viviparous characteristic

c. Direct development and Indirect development

Question 2. Sort out the animals on the basis of their symmetry (radial or bilateral) coelenterates, ctenophores, annelids, arthropods, and echinoderms.

Question 3. 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.

Question 4. Fill up the blank spaces appropriately

Phylum/Class Excretory Organ Circulatory Organ Respiratory Organ

Arthropoda

Nephridia Closed Skin/parapodia

Metanephridia Open

Amphibia Closed Lung

Lungs/ Gills/

Tracheal System

Question 5. Match the following

a. Amphibia i. Air bladder

b. Mammals ii. Cartilaginous notochord

c. Chondrichthyes iii. Mammary glands

d. Ostichthyes iv. Pneumatic bones

e. Cyclostomata v. Dual habitat

f. Aves vi. Sucking and circular mouth without jaws.

Question 6. Endoparasites are found inside the host body. Mention the special structure, possessed by these and which enables them to survive in those conditions.

Question 7. 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

a. ____________________, b. ____________________, c. ____________________

d. ____________________, e. ____________________, f. ____________________

Question 8. Differentiate between:

a. Open and closed circulatory system

b. Oviparity and viviparity

c. Direct and indirect development

d. Aceolomate and pseudocoelomate

e. Notochord and nerve cord

f. Polyp and medusa

Question 9. Give the characteristic features of the following citing one example of each

a. Chondrichthyes and ostichthyes

b. Urochordata and cephalochordata

Question 10. Mention two similarities between

a. Aves and mammals

b. A frog and crocodile

c. A turtle and pila

Question 11. 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

Question 12. 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

Question 13. Excretory organs of different animals are given below. Choose correctly and write in the space provided.

Animal Excetory 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

a. ____________________, b. ____________________, c. ____________________

d. ____________________, e. ____________________, f. ____________________

Question 1. Give three major differences between chordates and non-chordates and draw a schematic sketch of a chordate showing those features.

Question 2. What is the relationship between germinal layers and the formation of body cavity in case of coelomate, acoelomates and pseudocoelomates?

Question 3. Comment upon the habitats and external features of animals belonging to class, amphibia and reptilia.

Question 4. Mammals are most adapted among the vertebrates. Elaborate.