Locomotion and Movement Chapter 17 Quiz

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Which of the following is true about locomotion?

  • Locomotion and movements can be studied separately
  • All movements are locomotions
  • Hydra uses tentacles only for locomotion
  • Streaming of protoplasm in Amoeba is a form of locomotion (correct)

What is the significant feature of living beings according to the text?

  • Reproduction
  • Breathing
  • Locomotion (correct)
  • Nutrition

What are some forms of locomotory movements mentioned in the text?

  • Thinking, sensing, communicating
  • Swimming, speaking, jumping
  • Walking, flying, climbing (correct)
  • Digesting, excreting, sleeping

How are movements and locomotion linked according to the text?

<p>Movements and locomotion cannot be studied separately (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is a simple form of movement in unicellular organisms according to the text?

<p>Streaming of protoplasm (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What do methods of locomotion performed by animals vary with?

<p>Their habitats and the demand of the situation (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the three main types of movements exhibited by cells in the human body?

<p>Amoeboid, ciliary, and muscular (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which specialized cells in our body exhibit amoeboid movement?

<p>Macrophages and leucocytes in blood (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In which type of muscles are the activities under voluntary control of the nervous system?

<p>Skeletal muscles (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of muscles have a striped appearance under the microscope?

<p>Skeletal muscles (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the special properties of muscles mentioned in the passage?

<p>Contractility, excitability, extensibility, elasticity (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of muscle is located in the inner walls of hollow visceral organs of the body?

<p>Visceral muscles (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the role of ciliary movement in our internal tubular organs?

<p>Aiding in removal of dust particles and foreign substances (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What facilitates the passage of ova through the female reproductive tract?

<p>Ciliary movement (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which type of movement is characteristic of spermatozoa for swimming?

<p>Flagellar movement (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

About what percentage of an adult human's body weight is contributed by muscles?

<p>40-50% (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In which situations can deformations be neglected and bodies treated as rigid according to the passage?

<p>When dealing with wheels and tops (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the only possible motion of a rigid body according to the passage?

<p>Rotation (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the axis about which a rigid body is rotating called?

<p>Axis of rotation (A)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In pure translational motion, what is the characteristic of all particles of the body at any instant of time according to the passage?

<p>They have the same velocity (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

In rotation of a rigid body about a fixed axis, what kind of motion do all particles of the body exhibit according to the passage?

<p>Circular motion (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the main reason why no real body is truly rigid according to the passage?

<p>Because real bodies deform under the influence of forces (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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