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Question 13 Marks
The platypus and some species of anteaters are considered mammals.
Answer
  1. Platypus and some species of anteaters are exceptions to the characteristics of mammals.
  2. Though they lay eggs, they suckle their young ones.
  3. Therefore, they are considered mammals.
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Question 33 Marks
In the course of time, a new species with characteristics different from the original species is created.
Answer
  1. In the process of survival by adapting to environmental changes, certain physical changes occur in some animals of a species.
  2. These internal changes become inherited characteristics in the following generations.
  3. Thus a new species with characteristics different from the original is created.
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Question 43 Marks
In the course of time, a new species with characteristics different from the original species is created.
Answer
In the process of survival by adapting to environmental changes, certain internal physical changes occur in some species of animals.
Over a period of time, these changes become inherited characteristics seen in all subsequent generations. Thus, in the course of time, a new species with characteristics different from the original species is created.
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Question 53 Marks
The species of dinosaurs, which were enormous in size, suddenly became extinct.
Answer
The species of dinosaurs, which were enormous in size, suddenly became extinct, because –

1. According to Darwin, the species that cannot adapt to environmental changes become extinct in the process of evolution.
2. Some sudden natural disaster or environmental change is believed to be responsible for the extinction of enormous dinosaurs.

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