What are the differences between amphibians and reptiles?
Amphibian | Reptiles |
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Respiration is either through gills or lungs. | Respiration is through lungs. |
The skin of Amphibian is moist and soft. | The skin of Reptiles is hardened. |
They lay eggs in water. | They lay eggs on land. |
Example : frogs, toads, and salamanders. | Example: lizards, snakes, turtles, chameleons, etc. |
How do poriferan animals differ from coelenterate animals?
Explain the basis for grouping organisms into five kingdoms.
Explain how animals in Vertebrata are classified into further subgroups.
Which organisms are called primitive and how are they different from the so-called advanced organisms?
How do gymnosperms and Angiosperms differ from each other?
What are the major divisions in the Plantae? What is the basis for these divisions?
Give three examples of the range of variations that you see in life-forms around you.
How do annelid animals differ from arthropods?
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?
In the hierarchy of classification, which grouping will have the smallest number of organisms with a maximum of characteristics in common and which will have the largest number of organisms?
Which of the following has more inertia: (a) a rubber ball and a stone of the same size? (b) a bicycle and a train? (c) a five-rupees coin and a one-rupee coin?
State the universal law of gravitation.
Which of the following are matter?
Chair, air, love, smell, hate, almonds, thought, cold, cold-drink, smell of perfume.
A force of 7 N acts on an object. The displacement is, say 8 m, in the direction of the force (Fig. 11.3). Let us take it that the force acts on the object through the displacement. What is the work done in this case?
What is meant by a pure substance?
How does the sound produced by a vibrating object in a medium reach your ear?
In a reaction, 5.3 g of sodium carbonate reacted with 6 g of ethanoic acid. The products were 2.2 g of carbon dioxide, 0.9 g water and 8.2 g of sodium observations are in agreement with the law of conservation of mass.
sodium carbonate + ethanoic acid → sodium ethanoate + carbon dioxide + water
What are canal rays?
State any two conditions essential for good health.
How is our atmosphere different from the atmospheres on Venus and Mars?
How do plants get nutrients?
Why is sound wave called a longitudinal wave?
Why are the ceilings of concert halls curved?
What is sound and how is it produced?
What is reverberation? How can it be reduced?
Why are sound waves called mechanical waves?
Explain how bats use ultrasound to catch a prey.
In which of the three media, air, water or iron, does sound travel the fastest at a particular temperature?
The frequency of a source of sound is 100 Hz. How many times does it vibrate in a minute?
What is the range of frequencies associated with
(a) Infrasound?
(b) Ultrasound?