ANIMALS, PLANTS & INSECTS

·   Earth worm is bi-sexual

·   Euspongia is known as natural bath sponge.

·   Live Fluke, biologically called Fasciola, is found in liver of sheep.

·   Eyes of insects are compound.

·   Plants growing in extremely dry condition are called Xerophytes.

·   Roots absorb water from soil, which is Hygroscopic.

·   Legumes increase the fertility of the soil by adding nitrogen to the soil.

·   New varieties of organisms can be brought about by hybridization.

·   Seeds are developed from Ovule.

·   Parthenocarpic fruits are seedless fruits.

·   Grains swell in water due to imbibitions.

·   Chlorophyll contains magnesium.

·   Starfish is not a starfish but a spiny-skin (Echinodermata) marine animal.

·   Plants store their food in the form of starch.

·   Unlike most other fish, sharks have no:

·   It is now believed that dinosaurs became extinct because of:

·   The platypus and the echidna are the only mammals that Lay eggs

·   Lady bird is an insect

·   Rust of wheat is a disease caused by Fungi

·   Silk is obtained from cocoon of silk worm

·   Python Plankton are poisonous plants

·   Insects have lived on earth about 4,000,000 years

·   Slowest creature on earth is Conch-Shell (shellfish snail)

·   Star fish is not a star fish but a spiny-skin (Echinodermata) marine animal.

·   Koala bear is the only animal who doesn’t drink water

·   A rat can last longer without water than a camel

·   Loudest animal is Blue whales

·   Peocock is found in 3 colors

·   Cockroach is considered ancient insect of world

·   Daffodils flower resembles a human eye

·   Giant squid is the largest invertiberate

·   Angora wool is got from a special variety of rabbit

·   Sailfish is the largest fisht

·   Distance covered by tortoiose is 4.6 meter in a minute

·   Aristotle was the first to classify animals into groups

·   Eucalyptus is now considered as environmental hazard

·   Light energy is stored in the form of chemical energy due to the activity of Chloroplast.

·   Wood is used in manufacturing paper

·   In cryptograms, the sex organs are primitive and hidden.

·   Thallophytia include algae, fungi, and lichens.

·   Carl Linneus is famous for binomial system of nomenclature.

·   Angiosperm includes the plants, which have covered flowers and covered flowers and covered seed.

·   Plant cells resembles animal cell because having a cell membrane made up of protoplasm.

·   The king cobra is the only snake who build nest.

·   The black Mamba is the fastest snake.

·   Snake have been evolved from lizard.

·   Fertilization is fusion of two game tics of different strains.

·   Fruit developed from single ovary is called simple fruit.

·   Seeds are developed from Ovule.

·   Parthenocarpic fruits are seedless fruits.

·   Commercial cork is obtained from Quercus.

·    Grains swell in water due to imbibitions.

·    Chlorophyll contains magnesium.

·   The rate of transpiration depends upon frequency of Stomata.

·   Light is necessary for photosynthesis because it produce ATP and reducing substance.

·   Oxygen liberated from photosynthesis comes from water.

·   Red light is most suitable for photosynthesis.

·   Respiration means food oxidation and evolution of energy.

·   Chemical presentation of dead organism in liquid is called Cryo-Bilogy.

·   The organisms which are the only living membrane of their group and link two major groups are called Living Fossil

·   Red color of tomatos is imparted by Darotionoid

·   Amphibians were the first vertrbrata

·   There are three stages of frog = egg, tadpole, and adult frog

·   There are three groups of amhibians = salamanders (slow moving animals), frogs and toads, caecilians (who look more worm than amphibians)

·   Lonrad Lorenz (1903-1989) was the first to study animal behaviour

·   Animals survive very cold weather or very dry weather by going into a deep sleep it is called hibernation and sleeping trough hot day condition is called aestivation

·   Blue signed octopus very lethal and can kill 10 people it feeds on crabs

·   Cheetah is the fastest land animal. It can accelerate from 0-90 km/h in 3 seconds and can run at 100 km/h but has to rest after 20 seconds

·   Sponge, beetle, snail, Jelly fish, insects and starfish are cold-blooded animals

·   Shark is a cold blooded animal

·   Newts (wall lizard) and frog are cold blooded animals

·   Lizards, crocodiles, snakes, turtles and tortoises are cold blooded animals

·   Invertegrates have 33 groups, fish have 2 goups, amphibians have 3 groups, reptiles havd 3 groups, birds have 28-30 groups and mammals have 21 groups

·   Over 90% of animals are invertebrates

·   Hard shell of animals is called exoskeleton

·   105 million different species of animals have been identified

·   Plants growing in extremely dry condition are called Xerophytes.

·   Roots absorb water from soil, which is Hygroscopic.

·   Legumes increase the fertility of the soil by adding nitrogen to the soil.

·   Hominoids are Humans + chimpanzees + orungutans + Gorillas

·   Felidae means from cat family

·   Panthera means big cats

·   There are 5 kingdoms in animal kingdom

·   Birds are warm blooded

·   Birds’ bones are hollow

·   Oven birds build strong nests

·   Weaver birds are those who build their nests.

·   Male birds are more colorful than female birds

·   Birds that cannot fly are penguins, emus, kiwis and ostriches

·   In cryptograms, the sex organs are primitive and hidden.

·   Thallophytia include algae, fungi, and lichens.

·   Carl Linneus is famous for binomial system of nomenclature.

·   Angiosperm includes the plants, which have covered flowers and covered flowers and covered seed.

·   Plant cells resembles animal cell because having a cell membrane made up of protoplasm.

·   Smell is the weakest sense in Birds.

·   Owl can rotate his head to 180 degrees on either side.

·   Ostrich eat pebbles for helping digestion by grinding up the ingested food.

·   The cuckoo sneaks its eggs into other birds’ nest to hatch.

·   Earthworm is a bi-sexual.

·   Eyes of insects are compound.

·   Dolphins have 700 times more rods in their eyes than humans, which help them to see in dim light under water.

·   A fly’s compound eye has 400 individual tubes.

·   Plants in which seed are outside the fruit are called Gymnosperms.

·   Pollen is produced in a part of the flower called the Calyx.

·   Squids are the fastest swimming invertebrates or animals without backbone.

·   99% of all animals are invertebrates.

·   The sailfish can swim at 110 km/hour. It the fastest fish.

·   Fishes have a bag of gas called a swim bladder inside their bodies that helps them float and sink.

·   Fishes like sharks and rays have skeletons make of tough cartilage and they don’t have a swim bladder.

·   Fungi are neither plants nor animals they are classified in their own separate kingdom.

·   The cell wall of fungi is made of chitin, the material from which insects make their hard outer skeletons.

·   Unlike other green plants fungi cannot use the sun’s energy to make food; instead they absorb their food from other living or dead remains of living things.

·   Fungi break down dead and decaying materials so that they can be recycled.

·   Fungal infections destroy crops and cause diseases like athlete’s foot and ringworm.

·   Plants make carbohydrates from carbon dioxide and water and we get carbohydrates from plants

·   Silk is one of two main fibres we get from animals. The wool from sheep is the other.

·   Cotton is the most important plant fibre. It produces fibres in the seedpod or boll.

·   Linen is another plant fiber make from flax plant.

·   Dinosaurs lived in Mesozoic era.

·   Eagle’s eyes have five times more light sensitive cells than ours.

·   Eucalyptus trees grow faster than any other trees.

·   Three groups of Amphibians

o Salamanders – slow moving animals. Frog and toads.

o Caecilians  - look more worms than amphibians.

·   Blue signed octopus is very lethal, can kill 10 people, it feeds on crabs.

·   Cheetah is the fastest land animal, can accelerate from 0-90 km/h in just three seconds and can run at 100 km/h. But he has to rest after about 20 seconds.

·   Sponge, beetle, snails, jellyfish, insects and starfish are cold-blooded animals.

·   Shark is a cold-blooded animal.

·   Newts, and frog are cold-blooded animals.

·   Lizard, crocodiles, snakes, turtiles and tortoises are cold-blooded animals.

·   Invertebrates have 33 groups.

·   Fish                    3

·   Amphibians      3

·   Reptile               3

·   Birds                   28-30

·   Mammals          21

·   Over 90% of animals are invertebrates.

·   Hard Shell of animals is called -> Exoskeleton.

·   105 million different species of animals have been identified.

·   Hominoids – Human + Champanzees + Orangutans + Gorillas.

·   Felidae ----: from cat family.

·   Panthera ----- big cat

·   Kestrel is a kind of Eagle.

·   Vole is a kind of mouse

·   Orca (Killer Whale)

·   Word dinosaur means “terrible” Lizard.

·   Euspongia is known as natural bath sponge.

·   Live Fluke, biologically called Fasciola, is found in liver of sheep.

·   Earthworm is a bi-sexual.

·   Eyes of insects are compound.

·   Silk is obtained from cocoon of silkworm.

·   The brown colour of rust is because of : oxidation

·   Granite is a form of – rock:

·   Cellulose -- is the main chemical substance in the plant cell wall:

·   The desert mammal which does not drink water: Knagaroo Rat

·   The loudest sound produced by any animal is 188 decibels. The animal is the African Elephant

·   The primary plant body consists of 3 tissue systems.

·   The total weight of a cell in a leaf or a petal, water constitutes about 90%.

·   A tissue is a group of cells having similar structure and function.

·   The three elements needed for healthy growth of plants are: N, P, K

·   What colour is Octopus blood: Blue

·   What is the only bird that can smell: Emus

·   The eyes of which animal have rectangular pupils-Goat

·   What animals eye is larger than its brain-Ostrich

·   What fish can blink its eyes           -Shark

·   Where are a crickets ears located- Front legs

·   Which animal sleeps with one eye open-Dolphin

·   Vole is a kind of mouse

·   Kestrel is a kind of eagle

·   Killer whale is Orca

·   Corn adds more oxygen to the atmosphere than it removes.

·   Euspongia is known as natural bath sponge.

·   Live Fluke, biologically called Fasciola, is found in liver of sheep.

·   Banana plant is shrub

·   Rubber is obtained from latex

·   Tobacco contains Nicotine

·   Kharif crops are sown in Summer season

·   Pesticides kill insects that attck crops

·   Herbicides kill weeds

·   Seedless Fruits are formed by pathanogenesis.

·   Cotton fiber is routed from seed.

·   Horticulture is the cultivation of fruit crops.

·   Late blight is a disease of potato and tomato plants.

·   The fertility of soil can be increased by growing legumes.

·   Olive trees and Cork oak grow in the regions having the Mediterranean type of climate.

·   Coniferous forests are found in a region having low mean temperature and a long cold winter.

·   In the Northern Hemisphere, the geographical belt of coniferous forest south of Tundra is called Steppe.

·   Silverfish is a wingless insect.

·   Guinea pig is a stocky tailless rodent used in experimental work.

·   What kind of animal is a lurcher: Dog

·   With which organ does a snake hear: Tongue

·   What fish can hold objects in its tail: Sea Horse

·   The leach has 32 what - humans only got one-Brains

·   The primary producers of organic matter in nature are Green plants.

·   The edible portion of mango is Mesocarp.

·   The rice grain is a seed.

·   Bamboo is Grass.

·   Cork cells are impervious to water because of the presence of Suberin.

·   The biotic relationship between insects and plants with reference to pollination is called Mutualism.

·   Historically, Joseph Priestley recognized in 1727 A.D. that sunlight and air are important for the growth of plants.

·   Carbon dioxide is required during photosynthesis process in addition to sunlight and water.

·   Man is Homoeothermic.

·   The compound eye of insect produces Mosaic vision.

·   The postembryonic stages in the life history of cockroach are known as Nymphs.

·   Amphibians were the first vertebrates.

·   There are three stages of frog. Egg-tadpole-adult frog.

·   Smell is the weakest sense in Birds.

·   Owl can rotate his head to 180 degrees on either sides.

·   Ostrich eat pebbles for helping digestion by grinding up the ingested food.

·   The cuckoo sneaks its eggs into other birds’ nest to hatch.

·   Birds are warm-blooded animals.

·   Birds’ bones are hollow.

·   Ovenbirds build strong nests.

·   Weaverbirds are called to the birds that build their nests.

·   Male birds are more colorful than females.

·   Birds do not fly are penguins, emus, kiwis, ostriches.

·   Thallophytia include algae, fungi, and lichens.

·   Angiosperm includes the plants, which have covered flowers and covered seed.

·   Plant cells resembles animal cell because having a cell membrane made up of protoplasm.

·   Snake have been evolved from lizard.

·   Plants in which seed are outside the fruit are called Gymnosperms.

·   Linseed oil is used while oil painting.

·   In cryptograms, the sex organs are primitive and hidden.

·   The rate of transpiration depends upon frequency of Stomata.

·   Light is necessary for photosynthesis because it produce ATP and reducing substance.

·   Oxygen liberated from photosynthesis comes from water.

·   Red light is most suitable for photosynthesis.

·   Respiration means food oxidation and evolution of energy.

·   The organisms, which are the only living membrane of their group and link two major groups, are called Living Fossil.

·   Mammals cannot be cold blooded.

·   Trypanosome a parasite causing sleeping sickness.

·   Chief food of mosquito larva is microorganism found in water.

·   Chief food of butterfly larva is leaves of plants.

·   Corn adds more oxygen to the atmosphere than it removes.

·   Fruit developed from single ovary is called simple fruit.

·   Pollen is produced in a part of the flower called the Calyx.

·   Edible part of tomato is whole fruit.

·   The primary producers of organic matter in nature are Green plants.

·   Historically, Joseph Priestley recognized in 1727 A.D. that sunlight and air are important for the growth of plants.

·   Carbon dioxide is required during photosynthesis process in addition to sunlight and water.

·   The compound eye of insect produces Mosaic vision.

·   The postembryonic stages in the life history of cockroach are known as Nymphs.

·   In the animal kingdom what creatures are in the order—Chiroptera-   Bats

·   90% of bird species are what       Monogamous

·   Kangaroos and Emus can't do what-Walk backwards

Aleuronic layer: is that part of the grain in cereals where much of the protein lies.