Living Organisms and their surroundings

Animals and plants have certain features which make them to survive in a particular habitat. This is called

• adaptation

• speciation

• specialisation

• evolution

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Which is a biotic component of environment?

• Plants

• Animals

• Microorganisms

• All of these

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What are the characteristics of a desert plant?

• No leaves or very small leaves

• Spines

• Deep roots

• All of these

Respiration in aquatic animals occurs by

• lungs

• legs

• nostrils

• gills

Soil, water and air are ……………… components of a habitat.

• Biotic

• Solid

• Abiotic

• Liquid

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Leaves in aquatic plants are reduced in size to minimize their evaporating surface.

• True

• False

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Fishes move about in the water with the help of their

• mouth and tail

• legs and scales

• wings and tails

• fins and tails

Which one of these animals can live on land as well as in water?

• deer

• giraffe

• frog

• fox

Which one of these aquatic plants grows completely submerged under water?

• water hyacinth

• hydrilla

• water lily

• lotus

Which of the following animals does not have gills?

• squids

• octopus

• dolphin

• fish