Structural Organisation in Animals

Vocabulary flashcards covering the fundamental properties of animals, cellular organization, and specific organisms mentioned in the lecture notes.

Metazoans

A term used to refer to animals belonging to Kingdom Animalia.

Heterotrophy

A type of nutrition where an organism is dependent on others for food and nutrition.

Holozoic nutrition

A mode of nutrition characterized by first ingesting food and then digesting it.

Eukaryote

A cell or organism that possesses a well-defined nucleus.

Division of labour

The distribution of work or specific tasks among different cells in an organism.

Locomotion

The act of an organism changing its position.

Movement

The act of an organism changing its posture.

Unicellular organisms

Organisms such as Amoeba where all basic activities like digestion and reproduction are performed by a single cell.

Multicellular organisms

Organisms composed of many cells, such as Hydra (Coelenterata), which exhibit division of labour.

NCERT Structural Organisation topics

The specific topics covered in the new NCERT curriculum which include Animal lissues, Frog, and Cockroach.