Question

1,
of
(b) What are the functions of the root?
(C) Why is it necessary to classify living
things?
(d) What are the criteria used to classify
living things?
(e) Tell
some characteristics
creepers.
(f) Explain the characteristics of herbs
with two examples.
(g) On the basis of which criteria will
you classify plants and animals ?
(h) What protects the bodies of animals?​

Answer 1

Answer:

(b) Root, in botany, that part of a vascular plant normally underground. Its primary functions are anchorage of the plant, absorption of water and dissolved minerals and conduction of these to the stem, and storage of reserve foods.

(C) It is necessary to classify organisms because: ... It helps in the identification of living organisms as well as in understanding the diversity of living organisms. Classification helps us to learn about different kinds of plants and animals, their features, similarities and differences.

(d) The main criteria for classifying organism into five kingdoms are the complexity of cells structure, body organization, the mode of nutrition, life style, and phylogenetic relationship. This system consists Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia.

(e) Some characteristics of creepers are as follow:

• Creepers are the plants with soft stem.
• they can't stand erect on their own.
• they usually creep along the ground.
• Life span of creepers may be for one year or long.

(f) 1. Herbs are small kind of plants which possesses stems that are soft.

2. Herbs do not have life span for a long period.

3. Spinach, mint, tulsi, coriander, marigold are some examples of herbs.

4. Herbs like spinach, coriander, are used in cooking purposes while some herbs like tulsi is used as medicine.

5. Herbs has very high healing properties. Wounds are healed very fast by herbs.

(g) In accordance with the Linnaeus method, scientists classify the animals, as they do the plants, on the basis of shared physical characteristics. They place them in a hierarchy of groupings, beginning with the kingdom animalia and proceeding through phyla, classes, orders, families, genera and species.

(h) The thick fur of animals protect them from cold like fur of polar bear .

The scales of snakes protect them from rocks and other hard substances. Snakes also change their upper body covering from time to time . Crocodile also have scales also alligators have . Thick body covering of Rhino protect them from many danger . Tiger or lion can not bite rhino easily and most amazing that an adult rhino body cover is so thick that a bullet can not pass through it .

Answer 2

Answer:

b) A root's four major functions are:

*absorption of water and inorganic nutrients;

*anchoring of the plant body to the ground, and supporting it;

*storage of food and nutrients;

*vegetative reproduction and competition with other plants.

c)It is necessary to classify organisms because: ... It helps in the identification of living organisms as well as in understanding the diversity of living organisms. Classification helps us to learn about different kinds of plants and animals, their features, similarities and differences

d) The main criteria for classifying organism into five kingdoms are the complexity of cells structure, body organization, the mode of nutrition, life style, and phylogenetic relationship. This system consists Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia.

e) Some characteristics of creepers are as follow:

*Creepers are the plants with soft stem.

*they can't stand erect on their own.

*they usually creep along the ground.

*Life span of creepers may be for one year or long.

f)The characteristics of herbs are: They are small plants with a soft and delicate stem. They have a green, tender, soft and delicate stem. They have a short lifespan, which can live only for one or two seasons

g) In accordance with the Linnaeus method, scientists classify the animals, as they do the plants, on the basis of shared physical characteristics. They place them in a hierarchy of groupings, beginning with the kingdom animalia and proceeding through phyla, classes, orders, families, genera and species.

h) the scales of snakes protect them from rocks and other hard substances. snakes also change their upper body covering from time to time . crocodile also have scales also alligators have