Select the correct statement about class-Aves

1. They are warm blooded (homoiothermous) animals and are able to maintain a constant body temperature

2. Respiration occurs through lungs and air sacs connected to lungs for supplement respiration

3. They are oviparous with separate sexes, internal fertilisation and direct development

4. All of the above

Subtopic:  Phylum Chordata |
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Which of the following is not an excretory structure found in invertebrates?

1. Flame cells

2. Malpighian tubules

3. Nephridia

4. Kidney

Subtopic:  Phylum Chordata |
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Which one of the following is correctly matched with its one characteristic and the taxon?

Animals Characteristic Taxon
1.   Millipede Ventral nerve cord Arachnida
2. Duckbill platypus      Oviparous Mammalia
3. Silverfish Pectoral and pelvic fins      Chordata
4. Sea anemone Triploblastic Cnidaria
Subtopic:  Phylum Chordata |
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Which of the following would be a characteristic of the animal shown in the given diagram?

             

1. Excretory organ is the proboscis gland.

2. They migrate for spawning to fresh water.

3. Notochord is present only in the larval tail.

4. Parapodia are present for swimming.

Subtopic:  Phylum Chordata |
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All vertebrates are chordates but all chordates are not vertebrates, why?

1.  Notochord is replaced by a vertebral column in the adults of some chordates.
2. The ventral hollow nerve cord remains throughout life in some chordates.
3. All chordates possess a vertebral column.
4. All chordates possess notochords throughout their lives. 

Subtopic:  Phylum Chordata |
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The character that gives the Phylum Chordata is shown by:

1. A

2. B

3. C

4. D

Subtopic:  Phylum Chordata |
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Identify the option where all the columns are not correctly matched:

Animal Phylum Features
1. Pleurobrachia Ctenophora Comb plates,
Only sexual reproduction
2. Loligo Mollusca Radula, Dioecious
3. Balanoglossus Hemichordata Respiration by gills,
Proboscis gland
4. Ascidia Chordata Marine, Notochord
persistent throughout life
Subtopic:  Phylum Chordata |
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False statement with respect to Ascidia is

1. Present exclusively in marine water

2. It is a urochordate and notochord is present only in larval tail

3. It is a vertebrate because it has a notochord

4. It is a protochordate

Subtopic:  Phylum Chordata |
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The presence of notochord in the larval tail is a characteristic of

(1) Doliolum

(2) Branchiostoma

(3) Balanoglossus

(4) Petromyzon

Subtopic:  Phylum Chordata |
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Similarity between protochordata and hemichordata is
1. Presence of notochord.
2. Exclusively marine.
3. Dorsal hollow and single central nervous system.
4. Exclusively parasitic.

Subtopic:  Phylum Hemichordata | Phylum Chordata |
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