Question

There are five animals P, Q, R, S and T. The animal P always lives in water and has gills for breathing. The animal Q can stay in water as well as on land and can breathe both, through moist skin and lungs. The animal R lives in soil and breathes only through its skin. The animal S lives on land and breathes through spiracles and tracheae. And animal T lives in water and breathes through its cell membrane. ​

​ (e) Which animal could be an earthworm? ​

Organism	Habitat	Respiratory organ
P)	Water	Gills
Q)	Water and land	Moist skin and lungs
R)	Soil	Skin
S)	Land	Spiracles and Trachea
T)	Water	Cell membrane

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Answer 1

Answer:​

Organism	Habitat	Respiratory organ
	Soil	Skin

The animal R could be an earthworm because the earthworm lives inside the soil and breathes through their moist skin.​

The skin of earthworms is quite thin and moist and has a good blood supply through which they can easily absorb oxygen needed for respiration.​

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