Write down the hierarchic categories which are generally used for classification of animals.

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List the similarities between plants and animals.

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What is the difference between Bryophyta and Pteridophyta?

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You are given an assortment of plants on your laboratory table. What characters will you look in order to label a particular specimen as:
(i) Angiosperm
(ii) Moss
(iii) Alga

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You must have observed the following animals in your surrounding environment or in a Zoo. Mention the class to which they belong and give one characteristic feature of each. Frog, fish, lizard, pigeon, bat.

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What are the advantages of classifying organisms?

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Explain the basis for grouping organisms into five kingdoms.

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What are the major divisions in the Kingdom Plantae? What is the basis for these divisions?

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How are the criteria for deciding divisions in plants different from the criteria for deciding the subgroups among animals?

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Rossy wants to leftover piece of bread which was two-three days old. Her mother asked her not to eat the piece. She showed the cottony white patch on the bread. Rosy asked
(a) What is this? From where it has come on the piece of bread?
(b) From where it get food?
(c) Whether they help us in some way?

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