Class 9 Science - Chapter Diversity in Living Organisms NCERT Solutions | What is the primary characteristic on wh

How do poriferan animals differ from coelenterate animals?

Explain the basis for grouping organisms into five kingdoms.

Explain how animals in Vertebrata are classified into further subgroups.

Which organisms are called primitive and how are they different from the so-called advanced organisms?

How do gymnosperms and Angiosperms differ from each other?

What are the major divisions in the Plantae? What is the basis for these divisions?

Give three examples of the range of variations that you see in life-forms around you.

Which do you think is a more basic characteristic for classifying organisms?

(a) the place where they live.
(b) the kind of cells they are made of. Why?

How do annelid animals differ from arthropods?

What are the differences between amphibians and reptiles?

Which of the following has more inertia: (a) a rubber ball and a stone of the same size? (b) a bicycle and a train? (c) a five-rupees coin and a one-rupee coin?

State the universal law of gravitation.

Which of the following are matter?

Chair, air, love, smell, hate, almonds, thought, cold, cold-drink, smell of perfume.

A force of 7 N acts on an object. The displacement is, say 8 m, in the direction of the force (Fig. 11.3). Let us take it that the force acts on the object through the displacement. What is the work done in this case?

What is meant by a pure substance?

How does the sound produced by a vibrating object in a medium reach your ear?

In a reaction, 5.3 g of sodium carbonate reacted with 6 g of ethanoic acid. The products were 2.2 g of carbon dioxide, 0.9 g water and 8.2 g of sodium observations are in agreement with the law of conservation of mass.

sodium carbonate + ethanoic acid → sodium ethanoate + carbon dioxide + water

What are canal rays?

State any two conditions essential for good health.

How is our atmosphere different from the atmospheres on Venus and Mars?

Convert the following temperatures to the Kelvin scale.

(a) 25°C              (b) 373°C.

Convert the following temperatures to the Celsius scale.

(a) 300 K                 (b) 573 K.

Why is it advised to tie any luggage kept on the roof of a bus with a rope?

Find the energy in kW h consumed in 10 hours by four devices of power 500 W each.

Give reason for the following observations.

(a) Naphthalene balls disappear with time without leaving any solid.
(b) We can get the smell of perfume sitting several metres away.

A racing car has a uniform acceleration of 4 m s^-2. What distance will it cover in 10 s after start?

When a carpet is beaten with a stick, dust comes out of it. Explain.

An object experiences a net zero external unbalanced force. Is it possible for the object to be travelling with a non-zero velocity? If yes, state the conditions that must be placed on the magnitude and direction of the velocity. If no, provide a reason.

Who discovered cells, and how?

A ball is gently dropped from a height of 20 m. If its velocity increases uniformly at the rate of 10 m s^-2, with what velocity will it strike the ground? After what time will it strike the ground?