Question

Meena and Hari observed an animal in their garden Hari called it an insectwhile
Meena said 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

Answer:

bilateral symmetrical body

Answer 2

Answer:

(b) Body with jointed legs.

Explanation:

Insects:

• Insects belong to the phylum Arthropoda.
• They are jointed legged animals.
• This phylum has the largest number of species in the animal kingdom.
• These animals have jointed limbs, one pair each on some or on all body segments.
• The casting off and regrowing of the exoskeleton of these animal is collectively called moulting.

Earthworm:

• Earthworms belong to the phylum Annelida.
• They are segmented or ringed worms.
• The body of an annelida worm is cylindrical and divided into ring-like segments.
• They have a well developed the digestive system.
• All earthworms live in burrows in damp soil.

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