Animal Kingdom

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1. Write some key features of animal kingdom.

2. Give an account of body plan (cell aggregate plan, blind-sac plan and tube-within-tube plan)

in animals.

3. Point out the details of symmetry (spherical, radial and bilateral symmetry) in animals.

4. What is coelom? How organisms are classified according to coelom development?

(Acoelomate, pseudocoelomate, coelomate and haemocoelomate)

5. Differentiate between Diploblastic and triploblastic organisation in animals.

6. Write short notes related with segmentation in animals.

7. Write down five distinguishing characters of Non-chordata - with two examples of

a) Porifera

b) Cnidaria

c) Ctenophora

d) Platyhelminthes

e) Nematoda (Aschelminthes)

f) Annelida

g) Mollusca

h) Arthropoda

i) Echinodermata

j) Hemichordata

k) Chordata

8. Mention the sub-classification of Chordata with reference to notochord - sub phyla

Urochordata, Cephalochordata. Vertebrata (classes – cyclostomata, chondrichthyes,

osteichthyes, amphibia, reptilia, aves and mammalia) – three distinguishing characters with

two examples of each).

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