Earthworms and amphibians have a common mode of breathing. Which among the following options is the common mode?

Skin

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Spiracles

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Lungs

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Gills

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Solution

The correct option is A
Skin

The earthworm breathes through its moist skin. Here oxygen and carbon dioxide dissolve and are then exchanged through the skin of the earthworm. Amphibians breathe through their skin under water. They use their lungs only on land or when they resurface.

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Earthworms and frogs have a common mode of breathing. Which among the following options is the common mode?

Assertion (A) - Amphibians such as frogs can breathe underwater as well as on land.

Reason (R) - Frogs breathe through lungs on land and through their moist and slimy skin underwater.

Question 5

Earthworms breathe through their
(a) skin
(b) gills
(c) lungs
(d) stomata

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