The animal A which is classified as an amphibian lays eggs in pond water. The hatching of its eggs produces a tailed-form B which looks very different from the animal A. The form B then undergoes a change C and gets converted into animal A.

(a) Name (i) animal A, and (ii) form B.

(b) What is the change C knows as ?

(c) Name the breathing organs of A.

(d) What are the breathing organs of B ?

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Solution

(a) (i) Frog (ii) Tadpole
(b) Metamorphosis
(c) Lungs and Skin
(d) Gills

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(a) (i) Frog (ii) Tadpole (b) Metamorphosis (c) Lungs and Skin (d) Gills

(a) (i) Frog (ii) Tadpole
(b) Metamorphosis
(c) Lungs and Skin
(d) Gills