Class 9 Biology
Chapter 5 Diversity in Living Organisms:-
Keywords:- Flora , Fauna,Diversity ,Variation ,Classification, Evilution, Animal
Kingdom , Domain , Phylum ,Class , Order ,Family , Genus ,Species , Binomial nomenclature
Answer the following questions:-
Q1. Variations lead to diversity in living organisms. State reasons.
Ans- Variations in organisms are the some differences found in same species. Variations
between different species are always greater than the variation within species. Hence,
variations lead to diversity in living organisms.
Q2. What was the basis of early classification?
Ans- The early classification is on the basis of structure and function of organisms. The
classification of all the living organisms are closely related to the evolution.
Q3. What are the advantages of classifying organisms?
Ans- The advantages of classifying organisms are as follows:-
o We can easily study all the organisms and we handle huge population of organisms.
o We can study the organism proper and systematic way.
o We get better knowledge and understanding of the organisms that are studied.
o We can understand the relationship among organism and their interdependence.
o It is easy to compare the organisms.
o It helps and gives idea in evolution.
Q4. How do monocots differ from dicots?
Ans- Monocots and dicots are angiosperms which means fruit with seeds. Monocots have
seeds with one cotyledon and dicots have seeds with two cotyledons this is the difference in
monocots and dicots.
Q5. Name the kingdom to which these organisms belong according to Whittaker.
1. Kingdom protista.
2. Kingdom
3. Kingdom fungi.
4. Kingdom Monera.
Q6. Which phylum do I belong to
1. My body is made of pores. I live in water. I do not have back bone also_ Porifera.
2. I an insect. I have joint legs_Arthropoda.
3. I am a marine animal with spiny skin. My body is radially symmetrical_
Echinodermata.
Q7. Write some common characters of piseces, reptiles, aves.
Ans- Common characters of piseces, reptiles, aves are:-
o Pisces have fins and tale, aves have feathers and two wings. Reptiles have dry skin
and scales.
o Pisces breath underwater using gills and reptiles breathe through lungs in air.
o Pisces and reptiles are cold blooded animals and aves are warm blooded animals.
Q8. What is need of classification? What questions will you ask?
Ans- Classification is very important and also it is needed because by classifying the
organisms we can easily understand and get knowledge about organism.
Classification makes the study of organisms very easy.
We can study in a systematic and proper way about organism. Hence classification is needed
for well understanding and getting knowledge about organisms.
Q9. One day Kavitha soaked seeds of green grams, wheat, maize, peas and tamarind.
After they became tender she tried to split the seeds. Name which would split which
would not and identify them according to their characters.
Name of the seed Split into half(Y) Monocot (M) Dicot (D)
does not split(N)
Green gram It splits It is dicot
Wheat Does not split It is monocot
Maize Does not split It is monocot
Peas It splits It is dicot
Tamarind It splits It is dicot
Q10.Platypus or Echidna is a group that forms a link between reptiles and mammals. Think
and write about some characteristic features that these would have.
Ans- The characteristics of platypus or echidna that would be are :
o They breathe in air through lungs and have four chambered heart.
o They feed baby with milk and give birth to fully young ones.
o Some organism live in water which have hair on the body.
o They have well developed fingers, hands, toes. They have full body well developed.
Q11. Make a flow chart of invertebrates in the kingdom Animalia, based upon their characteristic
feaitures
Answer:
Q12. Explain how animals in vertebrata are classified into further subgroups.
Ans- Vertebrata can be further classified into sub groups on the basis of simple to complex
body structures and their functions.
For example, fishes have two chambered hearts, amphibians have three chambered
hearts while in birds and mammals have four chambered hearts to keep the oxygenated and
deoxygenated blood separate.
The following characteristic features are considered for classifying vertebrate into the
further sub groups.
Class pisces: Exoskeleton of scale, endoskeleton of bone,
Characteristics: cartilage, breaths through gills.
Class Amphibia Gills in larva, lungs in most adults, slimyskin.
Class Reptilia Exoskeleton of scales, laying eggs on land only.
Class Aves Exoskeleton of feathers, lay eggs outside water,
flight possible.
Exoskeleton of hair, external ears, mostly giving
Class Mammals
birth to live young ones.
Q13. How can you appreciate the effort of scientists in classifying a wide range of
organisms?
Ans- The efforts of scientists has proved that all organisms are not same, each and every
organism is differentiated in different classes according to their characters. Classification
which is done by scientists is very important for understanding and having knowledge about
organisms. They have made very easy to understand and know that there are different classes
which include different organisms. This is a sorted information about the organisms which is
given by various scientists. I feel this is such a good effort of all the scientists to classify the
organisms.
Class pisces: Exoskeleton of scale, endoskeleton of bone, cartilage,
Characteristics: breaths through gills.
Class Amphibia Gills in larva, lungs in most adults, slimyskin.
Class Reptilia Exoskeleton of scales, laying eggs on land only.
Exoskeleton of feathers, lay eggs outside water, flight
Class Aves
possible.
Exoskeleton of hair, external ears, mostly giving birth
Class Mammals
to live young ones.
Q 14.
Sujata says Bat is not a bird but a mammal. How can you support Sujata’s statement
Sujata’s statement that bat is not a bird but mammal is correct
Like other mammals, including ourselves bats have hair or fur on their bodies.
They are warm blooded animals.
A baby bat that feed on its mother milk after it is born.
Bats are the only mammals that can fly.
