INDIAN SCHOOL MUSCAT
SENIOR SECTION
DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY
CLASS IX
CH-7 DIVERSITY IN LIVING ORGANISMS (PLANTS)
WORKSHEET –I
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ONE MARK QUESTIONS
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Who proposed five kingdom classification?
List the different categories (highest to lowest) followed in hierarchy of classification.
Give one basic difference between Monera and Protista.
Name the organism which has cell wall made of tough complex sugar called Chitin.
Name the group of plants which are called vascular cryptogams.
TWO MARKS QUESTIONS
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Classification of organisms is advantageous. Justify the statement giving reasons.
Thallophyta, Bryophyta and Pteridophyta are called cryptogams, while Gymnosperms and
Angiosperms are called phenerogams. Discuss why?
Differentiate between bryophytes and pteridophytes.
What do you mean by angiosperm? State one difference between monocots and dicots.
THREE MARKS QUESTIONS
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Explain five kingdom classification with two peculiar features for each kingdom.
Distinguish kingdom protista and fungi. Give two examples for each kingdom.
Write the diagnostic features of Gymnosperms and Angiosperms.
FIVE MARKS QUESTIONS
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a) Mention the main criteria of R.H. Whittaker’s classification ?
b) Give the modification introduced by Carl Woese on Whittaker’s classification.
c) Name the basic unit of classification. Define it.
d) What is evolution?
On the basis of locomotion and nutrition explain the protozoans- Paramecium, Amoeba
and Euglena. Draw suitable diagrams for the same.
Which organism is more complex and evolved among : Bacteria, Mushroom and Mango
tree? Give reasons. List two examples of pteridophytes and gymnosperms.
ISM/SENIOR SECTION/BIOLOGY/APRIL 2016
ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS
1 Define the term Biodiversity. What is region of megadiversity?
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2 Explain the term symbiosis with an example.
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3 Enlist four peculiar characteristics of kingdom fungi.
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4 Name the following:
a) Two types of organisms on the basis of complexity of cell structure: ____________________
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b) Hair like structures which fix the bryophytes and pteridophytes in the soil:________________
c)This kingdom includes the decomposers showing saprophytic nutrition: ___________________
d) The group of the plant kingdom in which conifers are placed: __________________________
e) The author of the book “Origin of Species” : _______________________________________
f) When a plant body is not differentiated into root, stem and leaves: _______________________
5 Euglena is called a plant-animal. Give reasons.
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6 Give three examples of the range of variations that you see in life forms around you.
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ISM/SENIOR SECTION/BIOLOGY/APRIL 2016
INDIAN SCHOOL MUSCAT
SENIOR SECTION
DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY
CLASS IX
CH-7 DIVERSITY IN LIVING ORGANISMS(ANIMALS)
WORKSHEET –II
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ONE MARK QUESTIONS
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In which kingdom you will place an organism which is multicellular eukaryotic
heterotrophs which lack chlorophyll and has ingestive mode of nutrition.
Name the phylum to which prawn, scorpion, spider, butterfly and housefly are included.
In which group of Animalia , canal system and hard outside skeleton are present?
Define haemocoel.
Give two examples of egg laying mammals.
TWO MARKS QUESTIONS
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How do poriferan animals differ from coelenterates?
Enlist four features of Annelida.
List two very peculiar characteristics of protochordata.
Ennumerate the identifying features of all chordates.
Differentiate between platyhelminthes and aschelminthes on the basis of body shape,
coelom, gut and sexuality.
THREE MARKS QUESTIONS
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Enlist any three characteristic features of the class pisces and amphibia.
Define the terms diploblastic, triploblastic ,bilateral symmetry, coelom, pseudocoel,
unisexual.
Give three flight adaptations in the birds.
If you are given chiton, antedon, octopus, leech, starfish, sea urchin and nereis will you
classify them in one group? Yes or No. Explain.
Write down the conventions followed while writing the scientific names.
FIVE MARKS QUESTIONS
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Identify the animal group having:
a) Body is spiny and a peculiar water driven tube system for locomotion.
b) Soft bodied animals supported by calcareous shell.
c) Diploblastic animals with stinging cells.
d) Organisms with dorsiventrally flattened body and triploblastic.
e) Three pairs of jointed legs and body divided into head, thorax and abdomen.
Why do we keep snake and turtle in the same class?
A group of children from ISM went for a field trip, and were playing on a heap of sand.
Hisham collected some shelled creatures from the sand. Being taught lesson on diversity in
school, he identified them as snail. Immediately the group joined him in identifying the
phylum to which it belonged by pointing out the external features.
a) Name the phylum to which snail belongs.
b) Write two characteristic features of the phylum.
c) What positive attitude towards learning is shown by the students?
ISM/SENIOR SECTION/BIOLOGY/APRIL 2016
ADITIONAL QUESTIONS
1 Name the phylum for the following:
a) Silver fish: ___________________
c) Star fish : _____________________
e) Hydra: _______________________
g) Flat worms: ____________________
b) Jelly fish: ______________________
d) Sea cucumber: ____________________
f) Sycon: _________________________
h) Round worms: _____________________
2 Identify these organisms as Acoelomates, Pseudocoelomates, Coelomates: Spongilla,Wuchereria,
Earth worm, Fishes, Planaria, Nereis, Sea anemone, Ascaris, Liverfluke, Scorpion, Birds, Horse.
a) Acoelomates: ________________________________________________________________
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b)Pseudocoelomates:_____________________________________________________________
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c) Coelomates: _________________________________________________________________
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3 List two differences between :
BONY FISH
CARTILAGENOUS FISH
MAMMALS
BIRDS
4 What is binomial nomenclature? Who proposed it?
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5 Divya is having a beautiful pet dog 'Ginger'. One day, she observed a small insect between his
toes. She removed it carefully from the toe and observed it curiously as chapter titled 'Diversity In
Living Organisms' was being taught in the school.
a) Identify the phylum to which the insect belong to. __________________________________
b) Enlist any two characteristic features of this phylum.
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c) Comment on Divya's behavior.
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