Which of the following animals maintain ecological balance?
Frog
Rabbit
Earthworm
Cockroach
Correct Answer :
A. Frog
Frog maintains ecological balance because these serve as an important link of food chain and food web in the ecosystem.
Related Questions
The supportive skeletal structures in the human external ears and in the nose tip are examples of
ligament
areolar tissue
bone
cartilage
Lack of blood supply and presence of the noncellular basement membrane are the characteristics of the
muscular tissue
fluid connective tissue
epithelial tissue
nervous tissue
Which of the following type of tissue is being described by the given statements ?
- They are named because of their special function of linking and supporting other tissues/organs of the body.
- They include cartilage, bone, adipose and blood.
- They provide strength, elasticity and flexibility to the tissue.
- They also secrete modified polysaccharides, which accumulate between cells and fibres and act as matrix.
Epithelial tissue
Connective tissue
Muscle tissue
Neural tissue
The shape of a persons ear is due to mainly to
dense regular connective tissue
dense irregular connective tissue
elastic cartilage
fibrocartilage
Which of the following types of connective tissue is mismatched with its matrix ?
Areolar Loosely packed matrix of protein fibres
Bone Mineralized matrix
Cartilage Highly vascular matrix
Blood Liquid matrix
The following figures A, B and C are types of muscle tissue. Identify A, B and C.
A Smooth muscle, B Cardiac muscle, C Skeletal muscle
A Skeletal muscle, B Smooth muscle, C Cardiac muscle
A Cardiac muscle, B Smooth muscle, C Skeletal muscle
A Smooth muscle, B Skeletal muscle , C Cardiac muscle
If the head of cockroach is cut off, it will still alive for as long as one week. It is because of
the body which is covered with a hard chitinous exoskeleton.
head which holds a bit of nervous system.
head which is of no use.
food capturing appratus which is found elsewhere.
Select the correct statement regarding Periplaneta americana
There are 16 very long malpighian tubules present at the junctions of midgut and hindgut.
Grinding of food is carried out only by the mouth parts.
Nervous system is located ventrally and consists of segmentally arranged ganglia joined by a pair of longitudinal connectives.
Females bear a pair of short thread like anal styles.
Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct regarding cockroaches ?
- The body of the cockroach is segmented and divisible into three distinct regions head, thorax and abdomen.
- Blood vascular system is of closed type.
- They are monoecious and both sexes have well developed reproductive organs.
- The development of P. americana is paurometabolus, meaning there is development through nymphal stage.
Both (i) and (ii)
Both (ii) and (iii)
Both (i) and (iv)
All of these
Read the following statements and answer the question.
- It is made of a single thin layer of flattened cells with irregular boundaries.
- They are found in the walls of blood vessels and air sacs of lungs.
- They are involved in functions like forming a diffusion boundary.
Which of the following characteristics of tissue is being described by the above statements ?
Squamous epithelium
Columnar epithelium
Ciliated epithelium
Compound epithelium
The following figure shows the extarnal features of cockroach with few structures labelled as A, B, C, D, & E. Identify A to E .
A- Mesothorax, B-Pronotum, C-Metathorax, D-Tegmina, E-Anal style
A- Pronotum, B-Metathorax, C-Mesothorax, D-Tegmina, E-Sterna
A- Pronotum, B-Mesothorax, C-Metathorax, D-Tegmina, E-Anal cerci
A- Pronotum, B-Mesothorax, C-Metathorax, D-Tegmina, E-Anal style
What will happen if ligaments are cut or broken?
No movements at joints.
Bones will become fixed.
Bones will become unfixed.
Bone will move freely at joints.
The intercellular material of the given figure is solid and resists compression. Identify the figure and the label marked as A & B.
Fig - Cartilage, A - Collagen, B - Collagen
Fig - Cartilage, A - Microtubule, B - Collagen fibres
Fig - Bone, A - Chondrocyte, B - Chondroclast
Fig - Bone, A - Chondroclast, B - Osteoblast
When cardiac muscle cells are damaged by a heart attack, they are usually replaced by
connective tissue cells
new smooth muscle cells
new cardiac muscle cells
epithelial cells
The frog never drinks water but absorbs it through one of its respiratory organ. Identify the organ.
Skin
Lung
Buccal cavity
None of the above.
Gizzard (proventriculus) in cockroach lies between
oesophagus and stomach
crop and mesenteron
mesenteron and ileum
oesophagus and crop
Mast cells are associated with
exocrine glands
endocrine glands
areolar connective tissue
neural tissue
Cartilage tissues are likely to be slow in healing following an injury because
cartilage cells cannot reproduce.
they lack direct blood supplies.
the intercellular material is missing.
cartilage cells are surrounded by fluids.
Compound squamous epithelium is found in
stomach
intestine
trachea
pharynx
Which of the following vertebrate tissues would be an excellent source of collagen?
Liver
Nerve
Muscle
Tendon
Identify figures-I and II.
Figure I Figure II
Dense regular Dense irregular connective tissue, connective tissue
Loose irregular Loose regular connective tissue, connective tissue
Adipose tissue, Specialized connective tissue
Connective tissue Areolar tissue proper
Match column-I (type of epithelium) with column-II (Description) and choose the correct option.
| Column-I | Column-II |
|---|---|
| (Types of epithelium) | (Description) |
| A. Squamous | I. It is composed of a epithelium single-layer of cube-like cells |
| B. Cuboidal | II. Having cilia on their free epithelium surface |
| C. Columnar | III. It is composed of a single epithelium layer of tall and slender cells |
| D. Ciliated | IV. It is made up of a single thin epithelium layer of flattened cells with irregular boundaries |
A IV; B I; C III; D II
A I; B IV; C III; D II
A IV; B I; C II; D III
A IV; B III; C I; D II
Identify the figure with its correct function Fig :. Adipose connective tissue
Areolar connective tissue Serves as a support framework for epithelium.
Adipose tissue Store fats and act as heat insulators.
Dense regular tissue Provide flexibility.
Dense irregular tissue Provide strength and elasticity.
Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct regarding excretory system of cockroach ?
- Excretion is performed by malphigian tubules.
- They absorb nitrogenous waste products and convert them into uric acid which is excreted out through hindgut. Hence, this insect called ammonetelic.
- In addition, fat body, nephrocytes and uricose glands also help in excretion.
Only (i)
Both (ii) and (iii)
Both (i) and (iii)
All of these
In all connective tissues, except which of the following, the cells secretes the fibres of collagen or elastin protein ?
Bone
Cartilage
Areolar connective tissue
Fluid connective tissue
The figure given below shows the head region of cockroach. Identify A to F.
A- Compound eye, B-Ocellus, C-Maxilla, D-Mandible, E-Labrum, F-Labium
A- Ocellus, B-Compound eye, C-Mandible, D-Maxilla, E-Labrum, F-Labium
A- Ocellus, B-Compound eye, C-Mandible, D-Maxilla, E-Labium, F-Labrum
A- Ocellus, B-Compound eye, C-Maxilla, D-Mandible, E-Labrum, F-Labium
In which one of the following preparations, cell junctions come across most frequently ?
Ligament
Tendon
Cartilage
Ciliated epithelium
Which of the following statement(s) is/are correct about nervous system of cockroach ?
- It consists of a series of fused segmentally arranged ganglia joined by paired longitudinal connectives on the ventral side.
- There are six ganglia lie in the thorax, and three in the abdomen.
- The sense organs are antennae, eyes, maxillary pulps, labial pulps and anal cerci etc.
- Each eye consists of about 5000 hexagonal ommatidia.
Both (i) and (iii)
Only (ii)
Both (i) and (iv)
All of these
The ciliated columnar epithelial cells in humans occur in
Eustachian tube and stomach lining
bronchioles and fallopian tubes
bile duct and oesophagus
fallopian tubes and urethra
Nervous tissue cells that play several supporting roles but do not transmit impulses are called
glial cells
dendrites
nerve cells
neurons