+91-8076753736 [email protected]

-->

Diversity In Living Organisms

Question

Wired Faculty App

List the features of Phyllum Protochordata of the Animal kingdom.

Solution

Phyllum Protochordata:
Main Features:
(i) The animals are bilaterally symmetrical, triploblastic and have a coelom.
(ii) They have a notochord, at least some stages during their lives. The notochord run along the back of the animal separating the nervous tissue from the gut. It provide support and a place for muscles to attach.
(iii) Protochordates are marine animals.
Examples are Balanglossus, Herdemania, Amphioxus, etc.

Some More Questions From Diversity In Living Organisms Chapter

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.

What do you mean by ‘characteristics’? Explain with example.

How hierarchy of classification be built?

Which do you think is a more basic
characteristic for classifying
organisms?
(a) the place where they live.
(b) the kind of cells they are
made of. Why?

Mock Test Series

Mock Test Series

NCERT Sample Papers

Entrance Exams Preparation