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प्रश्न
A human hand, a front leg of a cat, a front flipper of a whale and a bat’s wing look dissimilar and adapted for different functions. What is the name given to these organs?
उत्तर
Homologous organs
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संबंधित प्रश्न
(a) Select the homologous structures from the combinations given below:
(i) Forelimbs of whales and bats
(ii) Tuber of potato and sweet potato
(iii) Eyes of octopus and mammals
(iv) Thorns of Bougainvillea and tendrils of Cucurbita
(b) State the kind of evolution they represent.
Explain the terms analogous and homologous organs with examples.
X, Y, and Z are three animals. The animal X can fly but animal Y can only run on ground or walls. The forelimbs of animals X and Y have the same basic design but they are used for different purposes such as flying and running respectively. The animal Z became extinct an long time ago. The study of fossils of Z tells us that it had some features like those of X and some like those of Y. In fact, Z is said to form a connecting link in the evolutionary chain of X and Y.
(a) What could the animals X, Y and Z be?
(b) What name is given to the forelimbs like those of X and Y which have the same basic design but different functions?
(c) Name one feature in which Z resembled X.
(d) Name one feature in which Z resembled Y.
(e) Which is the correct evolutionary chain involving X, Y and Z : X → Z → Y or Y → Z → X?
You have potato, carrot, radish, sweet potato, tomato and ginger bought from the market in your jute bag. Identify two vegetables to represent the correct homologous structures.
(A) Potato and tomato
(B) Carrot and tomato
(C) Potato and sweet potato
(D) Carrot and radish
Explain with suitable examples importance of anatomical evidence in evolution.
The most common types of fossils are ------------------------.
What do you mean by vestigial structures? Name four vestigial organs found in man.
What are we referring to? When we say 'simple organisms' or 'complex organisms'.
How do we compute the age of a fossil?
What is the function of the appendix of our digestive system?
