Question

Meena and Hari observed an animal in their garden. Hari called it an insect while Meena said that it was an earthworm. Choose the character from the following which confirms that it is an insect
a. Bilateral symmetrical body
b. Body with jointed legs
c. Cylindrical body
d. Body with little segmentation

Answer 1

Body with little segments, body with jointed legs and bilateral symmetry confirms that it is an insect.

Answer 2

Character that confirms that it is an insect is (b) that is body with jointed legs.

●Insects contribute to the largest phylum of animalia that is arthropoda.

●They are bilateral symmetrical,triploblastic,segmented and coelomate body.

●Characterstic features of class arthropoda is jointed appendages that is it has jointed legs.

●Examples of this class arthropoda are apis honey bee, bombyx and laccifer all are insects.