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Question 14 Marks
Mammalia and Aves
Answer
 Mammalia Aves
(i) Mammary glands are present.(i) Mammary glands are absent.
(ii) Mammals are mostly adapted for terrestrial life.(ii) Aves are com- pletely adapted for aerial life.
(iii) Limbs are used for walking and running.(iii) Forelimbs are modified into wings for flying
(iv) Body is covered with hair or fur.(iv) Body is covered with feathers.
(v) They are vivipa- rous.(v) They are ovipa- rous.
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Question 24 Marks
Cyclostomata and Pisces
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 Cyclostomata Pisces
(i) The skin is soft and without any scales.(i) The skin shows presence of scales.
(ii) Endoskeleton is cartilagenous.(ii) Endoskeleton is cartilagenous or bony.
(iii) Most of them are ectoparasites.(iii) They are free living.
(iv) These animals have jaw-less mouth.(iv) These animals have mouth with presence of jaws.
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Question 34 Marks
Male Ascaris and Female Ascaris
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 Male ascaris Female ascaris
(i) It is a short cylindrical worm.(i) It is a long cylindrical worm.
(ii) Male is thinner than female.(ii) Female is thicker than male.
(iii) Male shows a curved tail.(iii) Female has a straight tail.
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Question 44 Marks
Urochordata and Cephalochordata
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 Urochordata Cephalochordata
(i) Notochord is present only in tail region of the larvae.(i) Notochord is present throughout the body length.
(ii) Urochordates are hermaphrodites.(ii) Cephaloch- ordates are unisexual.
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Question 54 Marks
Reptilia and Mammalia
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 Reptilia Mammalia
(i) Skin is dry and covered with scales.(i) Skin is covered with hair, or fur.
(ii) They are cold-blooded animals.(ii) They are warm blooded animals.
(iii) Heart is incompletely four chambered.(iii) Heart is completely four chambered.
(iv) Pinna or external ear is absent.(iv) Pinna or external ear is present.
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Question 64 Marks
Pisces and Amphibia
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 Pisces Amphibia
(i) These animals are totally aquatic, living in marine or fresh water.(i) Amphibians can live in water and also on the land.
(ii) Skin is covered with scales.(ii) Skin is without any exoskeleton.
(iii) Respiration is carried out with the help of gills.(iii) Respiration is carried out mostly through skin.
(iv) Heart is two chambered.(iv) Heart is three chambered.
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Question 74 Marks
Mollusca and Echinodermata
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 Mollusca Echinodermata
(i) Molluscs are soft bodied and slimy.(i) The body is rough with calcareous spines.
(ii) Body shows bilateral symmetry.(ii) Body show radial symmetry in adult stage.
(iii) They are either marine or fresh water animals.(iii) They are exclusively marine animals.
(iv) Locomotion with ventral foot.(iv) Locomotion with tube feet.
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Question 84 Marks
Platyhelminthes and Aschelminthes
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 Platyhelminthes Aschelminthes
(i) Body is slender and flat like a leaf or strip.(i) They have long, thread like or cylindrical body.
(ii) They are also known as flat worms.(ii) They are known as round worms.
(iii) They are hermaphrodite.(iii) They are unisexual.
(iv) They are acoelomate.(iv) They are pseudocoelomate.
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Question 94 Marks
Non-Chordates and Chordates
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 Non-chordates Chordates
(i) Notochord is absent.(i) Notochord is present at some stages.
(ii) The heart if present is dorsal in position.(ii) The heart is ventral in
position.
(iii) They do not posses pharyngeal gill- slits.(iii) They posses pharyngeal gill- slits.
(iv) Nerve cord if present is double, ventral and solid.(iv) Nerve cord is single, dorsal and hollow.
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Question 104 Marks
Butterfly and Bat
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 Butterfly Bat
(i)  Butterfly belongs to Non- chordates.(i)  Bats are Chordates.
(ii)  Butterfly belongs to Phylum Arthropoda.(ii)  Bat belongs to phylum Chordata.
(iii)  It belongs to Class Insecta.(iii) It belongs to Class Mammalia.
(iv)  Exoskeleton is chitinous.(iv) Exoskeleton is covered with hair.
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