Chiropterophily
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a. Majority of flowering plants use a range of animals as pollinating agents.
b. Bees, butterflies, flies, beetles, wasps, ants, moths, birds (sunbirds and hummingbirds) and bats are the common pollinating agents.
c. Among the animals, insects, particularly bees, are the dominant biotic pollinating agents.
d. Even larger animals such as some primates (lemurs), arboreal (tree dwelling) rodents, or even reptiles (gecko lizards and garden lizards) have also been reported as pollinators in some species.
e. Often flowers of animal pollinated plants are specifically adapted for a particular species of animal.
- b and c
- a and b
- None of the above
- d and e
- bees
- bats
- birds
- wind
The type of pollination in Cycas is
entomophily
hydrophily
malacophily
anemophily
Name any two seeds that scatter by bursting.
- Melittophily
- Chiropterophily
- Anemophily
- Malacophily
Anemophily is pollination by
Air
Water
Insects
Animals
Some seeds which are dispersed by winds are _______________________
Colum I | Column II | ||
(a) | Zoophily | 1. | Pollination by birds |
(b) | Ornithophily | 2. | Pollination by insects |
(c) | Entomophily | 3. | Pollination by bats |
(d) | Chiropterophily | 4. | Pollination by animals |
- a-3, b-2, c-1, d-4
- a-1, b-2, c-3, d-4
- a-4, b-1, c-2, d-3
- a-4, b-2, c-1, d-3
- a-4, b-2, c-3, d-1
- Bats
- Birds
- Squirrels
- Insects
Some seeds are dispersed by animals , especially spiny seeds with hooks which get attached to the bodies of animals and are carried to distant places. Examples is/are -
- Xanthium and urena
- urena
- Cocount
- Xanthium
How are seeds and fruits carried away?
Match the following
Column - I Column - II
(i) Anemophily (a) Sunflower
(ii) Epihydrophily (b) Vallisneria
(iii) Hypohydrophily (c) Corn
(iv) Entomophily (d) Zostera
(i) - (a), (ii) - (b), (iii) - (c), (iv) - (d)
(i) - (a), (ii) - (b), (iii) - (d), (iv) - (c)
(i) - (c), (ii) - (b), (iii) - (d), (iv) - (a)
(i) -(d), (ii) - (b), (iii) - (c), (iv) - (a)
- Plants harbouring ants
- Plants storing food underground
- Plants with small leaves
- Plants imitating the habit of animals
- Ornithophilous
- Chiropterophilous
- Entomophilous
- Malacophilous
Match the following
A.Zoophily1.Pollination by birdsB.Ornithophily2.Pollination by insectsC.Entomophily3.Pollination by batsD.Chiropterophily4.Pollination by animals
A – 3, B – 2, C – 1, D – 4
A – 1, B – 2, C – 3, D – 4
A – 4, B – 1, C – 2, D – 3
A – 4, B – 2, C – 1, D – 3
Bats are the pollinators of
Cestrum
Bauhinia
Sunflower
Salvia
(ii) Vallisneria is a wind-pollinated plant.
- Chiropterophily
- Omithophily
- Malacophily
- Entomophily
List I | List II |
a. Zoophily | 1. Pollination by birds |
b. Ornithophily | 2. Pollination by insects |
c. Entomophily | 3. Pollination by bats |
d. Chiropterophily | 4. Pollination by animals |
- (a)- (1), (b)- (2), (c)- (3), (d)- (4)
- (a)- (4), (b)- (2), (c)- (3), (d)- (1)
- (a)- (4), (b)- (1), (c)- (2), (d)- (3)
- (a)- (4), (b)- (2), (c)- (1), (d)- (3)
- (a)- (3), (b)- (2), (c)- (1), (d)- (4)
Bats are the pollinators of
Salvia
Bauhinia
Sunflower
Cestrum
Match the following
A.Zoophily1.Pollination by birdsB.Ornithophily2.Pollination by insectsC.Entomophily3.Pollination by batsD.Chiropterophily4.Pollination by animals
A – 1, B – 2, C – 3, D – 4
A – 4, B – 1, C – 2, D – 3
A – 4, B – 2, C – 1, D – 3
A – 3, B – 2, C – 1, D – 4
Column I (Pollination technique) | Column II (Pollination) |
A. Cheiropterophily | 1. Ant |
B. Anemophily | 2. Bat |
C. Myrmecophily | 3. Snail |
D. Marcophily | 4. Wind |
- A-3, B-2, C-1, D-4
- A-2, B-4, C-1, D-3
- A-1, B-3, C-2, D-4
- A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1
- Snails
- Mammals
- Insects
- Birds
- Insects
- Birds
- Bats
- Snails and slugs