Diversity in Living Organisms-Sample Papers

1.   What is thallus? (1mark)

2.   Differentiate between flying lizard and bird (1 mark)

3.   Why bryophytes are called amphibians of plant kingdom (2marks)

4.   Difference between cryptogams and phanerogams (2marks)

5.   Difference between monocots and dicots (2marks)

6.   Why do we keep both snake and turtle in the same class? (2marks)

7.   Name the phylum of the following.

            a. Jellyfish

            b. Octopus

            c. Ascaria

            d. Spider            (2marks)

8.   Which do you think is a more basic characteristic for classifying organisms? (2marks)

9.   Explain all the important characteristics of the given phyla: (2 � 3= 6 marks)

            a. Platihelminthes

            b. Coelenterates

            c. Annelida