Question 1 Write the characteristics of kingdom pisces? Question 2 Give few examples of kingdom pisces? Pisces 1) They are water living animals. 2) Their skin is covered with scales or plates. 3) They obtain oxygen dissolved in water by using gills. 4) The body is streamlined. 5) Muscular tail is used for movement. 6) They are cold blooded and their heart … [Read more...] about Pisces
Diversity in living organisms
Vertebrata
Question 1 Write the characteristics of kingdom vertebrata? Question 2 Name 5 groups of kingdom vertebrata? Vertebrata 1) These animals have true vertebral column and internal skeleton. 2) They are bilaterally symmetrical, triploblastic, coelomic, segmented, complex differentiation of body and tissue. 3) They are grouped in to 5 classes: (a) Pisces (b) … [Read more...] about Vertebrata
Protochordata
Question 1 Write the characteristics of kingdom protochordata? Question 2 Give few examples of kingdom protochordata? Protochordata 1) Animals are bilaterally symmetrical, triploblastic, have coelom. 2) They show a feature of body design named notochord. 3) They do not have proper notochord at all stages of their lives. 4) They are marine animals. For Example: … [Read more...] about Protochordata
Echinodermata
Question 1 Write the characterstics of kingdom Echinodermata? Question 2 Write few examples of kingdom Echinodermata? Echinodermata (Spiny skinned animals) 1) They are star like, spherical or elongated. 2) Body is triploblastic, coelomate, unsegmented, radially symmetrical. 3) Body lacks heads but has oral surfaces. 4) The body wall is covered by spiny hard … [Read more...] about Echinodermata
Mollusca
Question 1 Write the characteristics of mollusca kingdom? Question 2 Give few examples of mollusca kingdom? Mollusca 1) Body is soft, bilaterally symmetrical, segmented. 2) Circulatory system is open. 3) The coelomic cavity is blood filled and reduced. 4) They have kidney like organs for excretion. 5) Sexes are usually separate. 6) There is little … [Read more...] about Mollusca