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  • A. Robin
  • B. Kestrel
  • C. Eagle
  • D. Kiwi

Explanation: The kiwi is the best-known example of a bird in which both ovaries are functional.Kiwis are primitive, flightless birds (ratites), and…

Correct answer: Kiwi
  • A. Dugesia
  • B. Schistostoma
  • C. Fasciola
  • D. Taenia

Explanation: Taenia: Has proglottids. Taenia is a type of tapeworm, and proglottids are segments of its body containing reproductive organs.

Correct answer: Taenia
  • A. Hydrocarbons
  • B. Organic molecules
  • C. Chemicals
  • D. All of these

Explanation: An animal's survival does depend on its ability to take chemicals from the environment.

Correct answer: Chemicals
  • A. Muscle tissues
  • B. Hydrostatic skeleton
  • C. Parapodia
  • D. Bones

Explanation: The locomotory organs in annelids include parapodia, suckers, and setae. Annelids are segmented worms that belong to the phylum Annelida.

Correct answer: Parapodia
  • A. Triploblastic
  • B. Bilateral Symmetry
  • C. Coelomate
  • D. Flatworms

Explanation: Platyhelminthes are not coelomates; instead, they are acoelomates. They lack a true body cavity between the body wall and the digestive…

Correct answer: Coelomate
  • A. Peritandrous
  • B. Pertandrous
  • C. Protonema
  • D. Protandrous

Explanation: Protandry is a reproductive strategy where an organism starts as a male and later becomes a female.

Correct answer: Protandrous
  • A. Nephridia
  • B. Flame cells
  • C. Malpighian tubules
  • D. Nephron

Explanation: The excretory system of Platyhelminthes consists of flame cells because these specialized cells help remove metabolic waste from the…

Correct answer: Flame cells
  • A. Gastropoda
  • B. Cephalopoda
  • C. Bivalvia
  • D. None of these

Explanation: The garden snail is a part of the class Gastropoda within the phylum Mollusca.

Correct answer: Gastropoda
  • A. Spicules
  • B. Choanocytes
  • C. Gemmules
  • D. Both Options A and B are correct

Explanation: Spicules are the structural components of a sponge, or the "bricks," and the shapes, sizes, and composition are unique for each…

Correct answer: Gemmules
  • A. Acoelomates
  • B. Pseudococlomates
  • C. Aeoclomates and Pscudocoelomates
  • D. Coelomates

Explanation: Acoelomates are those animals in which there is no body cavity or space between body wall and digestive system.

Correct answer: Acoelomates
  • A. Hydra
  • B. Euplectella
  • C. Blood fluke
  • D. Tapeworm
  • E. A and b

Explanation: Hydra is another example of an animal that doesn't show division of labor. It has limited cell specialization and lacks distinct organs.

Correct answer: A and b
  • A. Stipules
  • B. Brails
  • C. Spine
  • D. Spicules

Explanation: Based on the explanations provided, the correct answer to the question is option D) Spicules.

Correct answer: Spicules
  • A. Aname
  • B. Anima
  • C. Anemia
  • D. None of these

Explanation: Yes, the word animal is derived from the Latin word anima, which means "breath, spirit, life".

Correct answer: Anima
  • A. Presence of true coelom and metamerism
  • B. Absence of true coelom and metamerism
  • C. Presence of true coelom but the absence of metamerism
  • D. Absence of true coelom but thepresence of metamerism

Explanation: Ascaris does not have a true coelom. Ascaris is an example of a pseudocoelomate organism.

Correct answer: Absence of true coelom and metamerism
  • A. Zygomycota
  • B. Basidiomycota
  • C. Deuteromycota
  • D. Ascomycota

Explanation: Mushrooms are classified under Basidiomycota, known as club fungi.

Correct answer: Basidiomycota
  • A. Autotrophs
  • B. Saprotrophs
  • C. Parasites
  • D. Predators

Explanation: Fungi that absorb nutrients directly from the living host cytoplasm are called Parasites.

Correct answer: Parasites
  • A. 2-3
  • B. 2-5
  • C. 5-7
  • D. 2-9

Explanation: Fungi can survive in a wide pH range from 2 to 9.

Correct answer: 2-9
  • A. Basidiomycota
  • B. Ascomycota
  • C. Deutromycota
  • D. Zygomycota

Explanation: These are common molds that belong to the Zygomycota division.

Correct answer: Zygomycota
  • A. Zygomycota
  • B. Ascomycota
  • C. Basidiomycota
  • D. Deuteromycota

Explanation: Mushrooms are fruiting bodies of Basidiomycota.

Correct answer: Basidiomycota
  • A. Danger stools
  • B. Toad stools
  • C. Break stools
  • D. Dark stools

Explanation: Poisonous mushrooms commonly called toadstools.

Correct answer: Toad stools