Name: Respiratory System in Vertebrate Animals
Uploaded: 2019-07-19
Duration: 20 min 2 s
Description: Animals must be able to get rid of carbon dioxide for proper metabolism. Animal respiratory systems are designed to facilitate gas exchange. Learn more.

Question

Separate the following as animals with gills, animas with lungs and animals with spiracles.

Bat, tree snake, prawn, butterfly, turtle, bee, crab, dragon fly, leopard, dog, sea snake, shell fish, ant, ladybird beetle, lobster, hermit crab, crocodile, koala bear, rat snake, flying fish, shark.

Animals with gills	Animals with spiracles	Animals with lungs
_____	_____	_____

Accepted Answer

The terrestrial animals have lungs as their respiratory organs. In aquatic animals, the organs for respiration are gills while insects have small pores on their body surface called spiracles that help in the gaseous exchange. Thus, the table can be represented as follows:

Animals with gills Animals with spiracles Animals with lungs

Prawn, Flying fish, Shark, Crab, Shell fish, Lobster, Hermit crab Butterfly, Bee, Dragonfly, Ant, Ladybird beetle Bat, Tree snake, Leopard, Dog, Crocodile, Koala bear, Rat Snake, Turtle

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