
Fill in the blank space and complete the following table:
Features of vertebrate animals
Types of vertebrates
1. Live in water, has a scale on the body, uses fin to swim, breathe through gills.
1. Fish
2. Lives in water during larval conditions, swims by moving its tail when an adult jumps around in the nearby land.
3. Lays egg on the land, grow up on the land, and moves by sliding on its chest.
4. Feathers cover its body, can fly on wings, lays eggs, young ones hatch out of eggs.
5. Doesn't lay eggs, give birth to young ones.
6. Feeds its milk to the young ones.

Important Questions on Biodiversity and its Classification
Now arrange the following animals in the box below in different groups:
Rohu fish, Earthworm, Bat, Fox, Tailor bird (Tuntuni), Elephant, Cat, Tiger, Porcupine, Koi Fish, Owl, Vulture, Tortoise, Kangaroo, Hippopotamus, Whale, Monocled Cobra, Dolphin, Cockroach, Butterfly, Rhinoceros, Monitor lizard, Crocodile, Catfish (Magur), Shark, Humans, Frog, Salamander, Leech, Snail, Oyster, Mosquito.

Below are given names of pairs of plants. Write down the similarities and dissimilarities between them.

Collect the seeds as mentioned below and find out if they are Monocotyledonous or Dicotyledonous.
Name of seed | Number of cotyledons | Monocotyledonous or Dicotyledonous |
Bengal gram | 2 | Dicotyledonous |
Wheat | ||
Mung beans | ||
Red lentil | ||
Paddy | ||
Cardamom | ||
Betel nut | ||
Peanut | ||
Date | ||
Pumpkin | ||
Corn |

Look at the two pictures given above.
What you can notice in the upper part of leaves.

Look at the two pictures given above.
How many veins are there in the middle?

Look at the leaves of the plant given below and complete the chart.
Name of tree | Type of leaf-veins | Monocotyledonous or Dicotyledonous |
Jackfruit | Like network or mesh | Dicotyledonous |
Wheat | ||
Turmeric | ||
Hibiscus | ||
Paddy | ||
Water hyacinth | ||
Basil (Tulsi) | ||
Lemon | ||
Taro | ||
Fig |

Make a list of different vertebrate and invertebrate animals that you have seen in the aquatic ecosystem.
Invertebrates | Vertebrates |
Prawn | Fish |

Make a list of different vertebrate and invertebrate animals that you have seen in the forest ecosystem.
Invertebrates | Vertebrates |
Butterfly | Deer |
