GDGPS/SLG/XI/BIOLOGY/ANIMAL KINGDOM/ASSIGNMENT-1

G D GOENKA PUBLIC SCHOOL, SILIGURI

SUBJECT: BIOLOGY (044) TOPIC: CH 4 ANIMAL KINGDOM

CLASS: XI ASSIGNMENT-1

ANSWER THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS.

A. VERY SHORT ANSWER-TYPE QUESTIONS: [1 MARK]
1. In some animal groups, the body is found to be divided into compartments with at least

some organs/organ repeated. Name this characteristic feature.

2. 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_____________.

3. Why digestive tract of flat worms and coelenterates is called incomplete?

4. Which animal shows cellular level of organization? It belongs to which Phylum?

5. What is the difference in the blood of annelids and in vertebrates?

6. Name the animal having canal system and spicules.

7. Identify the animal/phylum in which adults exhibit radial symmetry and larvae exhibit

bilateral symmetry.

8. Give an example of animal which exhibit alternation of generation.

9. Why is coelenterate called Cnidaria?

10. What is the role of radula in Mollusca?

11. How important is the presence of airbladder in Pisces?

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

13. Which structure replaces notochord in vertebrates?

14. Give one example each for an animal possessing placoid scales and cycloid scales.

15. Why is lateral line sensory system present in Pisces?

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16. Why the heart of the fishes is commonly called ‘the venous heart’?

17. Why caudal fin in bony fishes is called homocercal type?

18. Why urochordates are called tunicates?

19. Birds have no teeth; then how do they grind the grains they eat as food?

20. Which amphibians show branchial (Gill) respiration?

B. SHORT ANSWER-TYPE QUESTIONS: [2 MARKS]

1. Distinguish between intracellular and extracellular digestion.

2. What is the difference between direct and indirect development?

3. What is notochord and in which animals it is found?

4. Distinguish between Radial symmetry and Bilateral symmetry.

5. Which organisms are called triploblastic animals?

6. What are the peculiar features of the parasitic helminthes?

7. Why birds are called warm blooded animals? How does this help them?

8. List the salient features of chondrichthyes and osteichthyes.

9. How will you differentiate between the heart of an amphibian and a reptile?

10. ‘Snakes have strong sense of smell’ Justify.

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