Given below are four matchings of an animal and its kind of respiratory organ: The correct matchings are
- (A) and (B)
- (A), (B) and (C)
- (B) and (D)
- (C) and (D).
Answer
(2) (A), (B) and (C)
Solution
(A) Silver fish is an insect ⇒ respires by tracheae — correct.
(B) Scorpion (arachnid) ⇒ respires by book lungs — correct.
(C) Sea squirt (Ascidia, a urochordate) ⇒ respires through pharyngeal gill slits — correct.
(D) Dolphin is a mammal ⇒ respires by lungs, not skin — incorrect.
∴ Correct matchings: (A), (B) and (C).
Answer: (2)