1.

A group of students who visited an exhibition, classified the living beings in

various aquaria in several ways after their observation. One student made
drawings of the animals he saw in various aquaria as shown here.

(i) The description made by the student regarding some animals he drew, are
given in the table below. Name an animal shown in the diagram to suit the
description and complete the table, writing down the to which it belongs.

Description about the Name of the Group of the animal

creature animal
1. Possesses a cylindrical
body with tentacles at the
tip. Lives attached to
substratum
2. Possesses a segmented
soft body covered with a
shell.

3. Possesses eyes and long

antennae on the head. Has
jointed legs. The body is
covered with a hard external
covering.

4. Suckers are present at the

two ends of the segmented
body.

(ii) These animals were classified by another student as animals with

vertebral columns and animals without vertebral columns. Name two
animals with vertebral columns shown here and write in the blank space
the class to which each to which each belongs.

Animal with vertebral column class to which the animal

belong
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2. …………………………………………
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(i) State another class of animals, with a vertebral column, that is not shown
here
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(ii) All the animals shown here in the drawing above cannot live in the same
aquatic environment, as shown in it. Name the two animals out of these
that can live only in sea water.
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2 . Given below is an in complete classification of organisms.

Living Organisms

Micro organism Animals Plants

Invertebrates GsK. A

B Reptilian Aves Amphibia

Mammalia

(i) Name the animal groups A and B

(ii)Write two characteristic features each of the animal in group A and B
(iii)Name an animal belonging to group
(iv)Write the scientific name of the animal mentioned.
(v)What are the names given to the first and the second terms in the
scientific name?
(vi)Give two uses of a scientific Nomenclature of animals.
(vii)During a field trip trip you come across an animal you have never seen
before. Write the steps of process by which you could identify it’s species.

3.”Classification & nomenclature of organisms” is the first lesson of grade 10

students. This is the way a group of students classified some animals.
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Tuna, Cat, Snail, cockroach, Shark

Vertebrates .
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……………….. ……………… Arthropoda

Mollusca

Cat Tuna,Shark ………………….

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Tuna Shark

ii. Which animals is known as Felis domestica among above mentioned

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iii. Write one difference between Algae & Fungi

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iv. Why Virus are always harmful to other organism

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v. What is the disease caused by Streptococci, to the man.

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vi. Why classification of organisms is important to us (one reason)

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vii. Who was the father of classification?

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vii. Identify the following organisms & write their name.

ix. Name a plant & an animal from the above organisms.

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4.

This is an identification sheet given by the teacher to the student

I) a) Name the classification groups of A,B,C,D,E

A…………………………….. E……………………………………
B……………………………..
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C……………………………..
D………………………………
b) Name the letters of pictures which are related to plants

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C) Write a feature of D differ from A

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(II) a) “I” is a animal tissue write two locations of it

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b) How do you experimentally show the location of G ?

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(III) a) The reproductive method of
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b) The feeding method of “c” is

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(IV) a) Write two inherent properties of “E”

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b) How “B” is differed from A?

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(V) a) “F” is a microorganism what is the types of

it ?...............................................................

b) Write two diseases caused by the organisms given in

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(VI) a) What are the types of cells of “H” tissue ?

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5. Fill in the blanks.

Animals

Coelenterata Mollusca

A B

Pisces Repetilia
Mammals

C D

(I) a. Name the groups X and Y

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Y ……………………………………..

b. Name two characteristics of animals belonging to group A

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c. What is the name given to group B ?

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d. To which group does tortoises and turtles belong to ?

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e. Group D shares a common characteristics with mammals’ state the

characteristics.

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(II) a. Both algae and Fungi are filamentous. State a difference in this structure
concerning nutrition.

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b. A bacterium has a gelatinous coat and a nucleus which is not covered

with a membrane. Cell is filled with protoplasm. Draw a diagram to stult
the description gives

c. Write two characteristics of a virus which are not found in bacteria.

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