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Diversity In Living Organisms
What are the three differences between plants and animals.
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Plants |
Animals |
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1. Most of the plants are stationary and do not move from one place to another. |
1. Most of the animals are mobile i.e., they can move from one place to another. |
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2. They are autotrophic and make their own food as they have chlorophyll. |
2. They are heterotrophic and cannot make their own food. They do not have chlorophyll. |
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3. Most of the plants continue growing throughout their life. The growth may be in length (Height) or producing spreading branches. |
3. Animals stop growing especially in length (Height) after attaining certain maturity. |
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4. Plant cells have cell walls as outer most covering. |
4. Animal cell do not have cell walls. |
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What are the major divisions in the plantae? What is the basis for these divisions?
How are the criteria for deciding divisions in plants different from the criteria for deciding the subgroups among animals?
Explain how animals in vertebrata are classified into further subgroups.
Name the biggest animal and the tallest tree.
What is classification?
Name the branch of science which deals with classification.
Why do we classify organisms?
Give three examples of the range of variations that you see in life form around you.
What was the basis of animal classification done by Aristotle.
Why a method of classification of animals proposed by Aristotle was not accepted ? Explain with example.
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