ANIMALS, PLANTS & INSECTS
- Earth worm is bi-sexual
- Euspongia is known as natural bath sponge.
- Live Fluke, biologically called Fasciola, is found in liver of sheep.
- Eyes of insects are compound.
- Plants growing in extremely dry condition are called Xerophytes.
- Roots absorb water from soil, which is Hygroscopic.
- Legumes increase the fertility of the soil by adding nitrogen to the soil.
- New varieties of organisms can be brought about by hybridization.
- Seeds are developed from Ovule.
- Parthenocarpic fruits are seedless fruits.
- Grains swell in water due to imbibitions.
- Chlorophyll contains magnesium.
- Starfish is not a starfish but a spiny-skin (Echinodermata) marine animal.
- Plants store their food in the form of starch.
- Unlike most other fish, sharks have no:
- It is now believed that dinosaurs became extinct because of:
- The platypus and the echidna are the only mammals that Lay eggs
- Lady bird is an insect
- Rust of wheat is a disease caused by Fungi
- Silk is obtained from cocoon of silk worm
- Python Plankton are poisonous plants
- Insects have lived on earth about 4,000,000 years
- Slowest creature on earth is Conch-Shell (shellfish snail)
- Star fish is not a star fish but a spiny-skin (Echinodermata) marine animal.
- Koala bear is the only animal who doesn’t drink water
- A rat can last longer without water than a camel
- Loudest animal is Blue whales
- Peocock is found in 3 colors
- Cockroach is considered ancient insect of world
- Daffodils flower resembles a human eye
- Giant squid is the largest invertiberate
- Angora wool is got from a special variety of rabbit
- Sailfish is the largest fisht
- Distance covered by tortoiose is 4.6 meter in a minute
- Aristotle was the first to classify animals into groups
- Eucalyptus is now considered as environmental hazard
- Light energy is stored in the form of chemical energy due to the activity of Chloroplast.
- Wood is used in manufacturing paper
- In cryptograms, the sex organs are primitive and hidden.
- Thallophytia include algae, fungi, and lichens.
- Carl Linneus is famous for binomial system of nomenclature.
- Angiosperm includes the plants, which have covered flowers and covered flowers and covered seed.
- Plant cells resembles animal cell because having a cell membrane made up of protoplasm.
- The king cobra is the only snake who build nest.
- The black Mamba is the fastest snake.
- Snake have been evolved from lizard.
- Fertilization is fusion of two game tics of different strains.
- Fruit developed from single ovary is called simple fruit.
- Seeds are developed from Ovule.
- Parthenocarpic fruits are seedless fruits.
- Commercial cork is obtained from Quercus.
- Grains swell in water due to imbibitions.
- Chlorophyll contains magnesium.
- The rate of transpiration depends upon frequency of Stomata.
- Light is necessary for photosynthesis because it produce ATP and reducing substance.
- Oxygen liberated from photosynthesis comes from water.
- Red light is most suitable for photosynthesis.
- Respiration means food oxidation and evolution of energy.
- Chemical presentation of dead organism in liquid is called Cryo-Bilogy.
- The organisms which are the only living membrane of their group and link two major groups are called Living Fossil
- Red color of tomatos is imparted by Darotionoid
- Amphibians were the first vertrbrata
- There are three stages of frog = egg, tadpole, and adult frog
- There are three groups of amhibians = salamanders (slow moving animals), frogs and toads, caecilians (who look more worm than amphibians)
- Lonrad Lorenz (1903-1989) was the first to study animal behaviour
- Animals survive very cold weather or very dry weather by going into a deep sleep it is called hibernation and sleeping trough hot day condition is called aestivation
- Blue signed octopus very lethal and can kill 10 people it feeds on crabs
- Cheetah is the fastest land animal. It can accelerate from 0-90 km/h in 3 seconds and can run at 100 km/h but has to rest after 20 seconds
- Sponge, beetle, snail, Jelly fish, insects and starfish are cold-blooded animals
- Shark is a cold blooded animal
- Newts (wall lizard) and frog are cold blooded animals
- Lizards, crocodiles, snakes, turtles and tortoises are cold blooded animals
- Invertegrates have 33 groups, fish have 2 goups, amphibians have 3 groups, reptiles havd 3 groups, birds have 28-30 groups and mammals have 21 groups
- Over 90% of animals are invertebrates
- Hard shell of animals is called exoskeleton
- 105 million different species of animals have been identified
- Plants growing in extremely dry condition are called Xerophytes.
- Roots absorb water from soil, which is Hygroscopic.
- Legumes increase the fertility of the soil by adding nitrogen to the soil.
- Hominoids are Humans + chimpanzees + orungutans + Gorillas
- Felidae means from cat family
- Panthera means big cats
- There are 5 kingdoms in animal kingdom
- Birds are warm blooded
- Birds’ bones are hollow
- Oven birds build strong nests
- Weaver birds are those who build their nests.
- Male birds are more colorful than female birds
- Birds that cannot fly are penguins, emus, kiwis and ostriches
- In cryptograms, the sex organs are primitive and hidden.
- Thallophytia include algae, fungi, and lichens.
- Carl Linneus is famous for binomial system of nomenclature.
- Angiosperm includes the plants, which have covered flowers and covered flowers and covered seed.
- Plant cells resembles animal cell because having a cell membrane made up of protoplasm.
- Smell is the weakest sense in Birds.
- Owl can rotate his head to 180 degrees on either side.
- Ostrich eat pebbles for helping digestion by grinding up the ingested food.
- The cuckoo sneaks its eggs into other birds’ nest to hatch.
- Earthworm is a bi-sexual.
- Eyes of insects are compound.
- Dolphins have 700 times more rods in their eyes than humans, which help them to see in dim light under water.
- A fly’s compound eye has 400 individual tubes.
- Plants in which seed are outside the fruit are called Gymnosperms.
- Pollen is produced in a part of the flower called the Calyx.
- Squids are the fastest swimming invertebrates or animals without backbone.
- 99% of all animals are invertebrates.
- The sailfish can swim at 110 km/hour. It the fastest fish.
- Fishes have a bag of gas called a swim bladder inside their bodies that helps them float and sink.
- Fishes like sharks and rays have skeletons make of tough cartilage and they don’t have a swim bladder.
- Fungi are neither plants nor animals they are classified in their own separate kingdom.
- The cell wall of fungi is made of chitin, the material from which insects make their hard outer skeletons.
- Unlike other green plants fungi cannot use the sun’s energy to make food; instead they absorb their food from other living or dead remains of living things.
- Fungi break down dead and decaying materials so that they can be recycled.
- Fungal infections destroy crops and cause diseases like athlete’s foot and ringworm.
- Plants make carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water and we get carbohydrates from plants
- Silk is one of two main fibres we get from animals. The wool from sheep is the other.
- Cotton is the most important plant fibre. It produces fibres in the seedpod or boll.
- Linen is another plant fiber make from flax plant.
- Dinosaurs lived in Mesozoic era.
- Eagle’s eyes have five times more light sensitive cells than ours.
- Eucalyptus trees grow faster than any other trees.
- Three groups of Amphibians
- o Salamanders – slow moving animals. Frog and toads.
- o Caecilians – look more worms than amphibians.
- Blue signed octopus is very lethal, can kill 10 people, it feeds on crabs.
- Cheetah is the fastest land animal, can accelerate from 0-90 km/h in just three seconds and can run at 100 km/h. But he has to rest after about 20 seconds.
- Sponge, beetle, snails, jellyfish, insects and starfish are cold-blooded animals.
- Shark is a cold-blooded animal.
- Newts, and frog are cold-blooded animals.
- Lizard, crocodiles, snakes, turtiles and tortoises are cold-blooded animals.
- Invertebrates have 33 groups.
- Fish 3
- Amphibians 3
- Reptile 3
- Birds 28-30
- Mammals 21
- Over 90% of animals are invertebrates.
- Hard Shell of animals is called -> Exoskeleton.
- 105 million different species of animals have been identified.
- Hominoids – Human + Champanzees + Orangutans + Gorillas.
- Felidae —-: from cat family.
- Panthera —– big cat
- Kestrel is a kind of Eagle.
- Vole is a kind of mouse
- Orca (Killer Whale)
- Word dinosaur means “terrible” Lizard.
- Euspongia is known as natural bath sponge.
- Live Fluke, biologically called Fasciola, is found in liver of sheep.
- Earthworm is a bi-sexual.
- Eyes of insects are compound.
- Silk is obtained from cocoon of silkworm.
- The brown colour of rust is because of : oxidation
- Granite is a form of – rock:
- Cellulose — is the main chemical substance in the plant cell wall:
- The desert mammal which does not drink water: Knagaroo Rat
- The loudest sound produced by any animal is 188 decibels. The animal is the African Elephant
- The primary plant body consists of 3 tissue systems.
- The total weight of a cell in a leaf or a petal, water constitutes about 90%.
- A tissue is a group of cells having similar structure and function.
- The three elements needed for healthy growth of plants are: N, P, K
- What colour is Octopus blood: Blue
- What is the only bird that can smell: Emus
- The eyes of which animal have rectangular pupils-Goat
- What animals eye is larger than its brain-Ostrich
- What fish can blink its eyes -Shark
- Where are a crickets ears located- Front legs
- Which animal sleeps with one eye open-Dolphin
- Vole is a kind of mouse
- Kestrel is a kind of eagle
- Killer whale is Orca
- Corn adds more oxygen to the atmosphere than it removes.
- Euspongia is known as natural bath sponge.
- Live Fluke, biologically called Fasciola, is found in liver of sheep.
- Banana plant is shrub
- Rubber is obtained from latex
- Tobacco contains Nicotine
- Kharif crops are sown in Summer season
- Pesticides kill insects that attck crops
- Herbicides kill weeds
- Seedless Fruits are formed by pathanogenesis.
- Cotton fiber is routed from seed.
- Horticulture is the cultivation of fruit crops.
- Late blight is a disease of potato and tomato plants.
- The fertility of soil can be increased by growing legumes.
- Olive trees and Cork oak grow in the regions having the Mediterranean type of climate.
- Coniferous forests are found in a region having low mean temperature and a long cold winter.
- In the Northern Hemisphere, the geographical belt of coniferous forest south of Tundra is called Steppe.
- Silverfish is a wingless insect.
- Guinea pig is a stocky tailless rodent used in experimental work.
- What kind of animal is a lurcher: Dog
- With which organ does a snake hear: Tongue
- What fish can hold objects in its tail: Sea Horse
- The leach has 32 what – humans only got one-Brains
- The primary producers of organic matter in nature are Green plants.
- The edible portion of mango is Mesocarp.
- The rice grain is a seed.
- Bamboo is Grass.
- Cork cells are impervious to water because of the presence of Suberin.
- The biotic relationship between insects and plants with reference to pollination is called Mutualism.
- Historically, Joseph Priestley recognized in 1727 A.D. that sunlight and air are important for the growth of plants.
- Carbon dioxide is required during photosynthesis process in addition to sunlight and water.
- Man is Homoeothermic.
- The compound eye of insect produces Mosaic vision.
- The postembryonic stages in the life history of cockroach are known as Nymphs.
- Amphibians were the first vertebrates.
- There are three stages of frog. Egg-tadpole-adult frog.
- Smell is the weakest sense in Birds.
- Owl can rotate his head to 180 degrees on either sides.
- Ostrich eat pebbles for helping digestion by grinding up the ingested food.
- The cuckoo sneaks its eggs into other birds’ nest to hatch.
- Birds are warm-blooded animals.
- Birds’ bones are hollow.
- Ovenbirds build strong nests.
- Weaverbirds are called to the birds that build their nests.
- Male birds are more colorful than females.
- Birds do not fly are penguins, emus, kiwis, ostriches.
- Thallophytia include algae, fungi, and lichens.
- Angiosperm includes the plants, which have covered flowers and covered seed.
- Plant cells resembles animal cell because having a cell membrane made up of protoplasm.
- Snake have been evolved from lizard.
- Plants in which seed are outside the fruit are called Gymnosperms.
- Linseed oil is used while oil painting.
- In cryptograms, the sex organs are primitive and hidden.
- The rate of transpiration depends upon frequency of Stomata.
- Light is necessary for photosynthesis because it produce ATP and reducing substance.
- Oxygen liberated from photosynthesis comes from water.
- Red light is most suitable for photosynthesis.
- Respiration means food oxidation and evolution of energy.
- The organisms, which are the only living membrane of their group and link two major groups, are called Living Fossil.
- Mammals cannot be cold blooded.
- Trypanosome a parasite causing sleeping sickness.
- Chief food of mosquito larva is microorganism found in water.
- Chief food of butterfly larva is leaves of plants.
- Corn adds more oxygen to the atmosphere than it removes.
- Fruit developed from single ovary is called simple fruit.
- Pollen is produced in a part of the flower called the Calyx.
- Edible part of tomato is whole fruit.
- The primary producers of organic matter in nature are Green plants.
- Historically, Joseph Priestley recognized in 1727 A.D. that sunlight and air are important for the growth of plants.
- Carbon dioxide is required during photosynthesis process in addition to sunlight and water.
- The compound eye of insect produces Mosaic vision.
- The postembryonic stages in the life history of cockroach are known as Nymphs.
- In the animal kingdom what creatures are in the order—Chiroptera- Bats
- 90% of bird species are what Monogamous
- Kangaroos and Emus can’t do what-Walk backwards
- Aleuronic layer: is that part of the grain in cereals where much of the protein lies.
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