Earthquakes (also called quakes, tremors, or temblors) A sudden movement of Earth’s crust is caused by the release of stress accumulated along geologic faults or by volcanic activity. In simple words, the earthquake refers to the shaking of the earth. Mainly it is a natural event caused due to release Read more…
Phylum-Hemichordata These are recently added as a phylum under non-chordates, earlier these were considered as a sub-phylum under the phylum chordates. They possess a rudimentary structure in the collar region known as a stomochord, which is similar to a notochord in structure. The hemichordates are marine deuterostome animals, generally considered Read more…
Phylum-Echinodermata The members of Phylum Echinodermata are exclusively marine animals, till now these are not found as terrestrial or freshwater. About seven thousand living species are included in this phylum. The adults are recognizable by their radial symmetry. The Phylum includes starfish, sea urchins, sand dollars, and sea cucumbers, as Read more…
Phylum-Mollusca Phylum Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of the animal kingdom after the Arthropod. These are soft-bodied animals. The members of this phylum are called mollusks or mollusks. Around 85000 species of mollusks are recognized. The size of mollusks ranges from microscopic to 20 meters long animals. They show much Read more…
Phylum-Arthropoda – (The name is derived from- Atheros-joint, pods-appendages). These are invertebrates include insects, arachnids, myriapods, and crustaceans. Phylum Arthropoda is the largest phylum of the kingdom Animalia. Around two-thirds of all species on earth belongs to the phylum Arthropoda. Characteristics features of phylum Arthropoda Level of organization: The members Read more…
Phylum-Annelida – (Name Annelida: Latin word, annulus: little ring) Phylum-Annelida – The organisms of this phylum also known as the ringed worms or segmented worms, are a large phylum. The phylum includes over 22,000 extant species. The variation includes ragworms, earthworms, and leeches. They can survive in marine environments, freshwater, Read more…
Phylum Platyhelminthes (Greek; platys= Flat; helmins = worms); The flatworms. Phylum Platyhelminthes includes 13000 species. These are found as free-living as well as parasitic life forms. These are also called Flatworms because of having a dorso-ventrally flattened body. Characteristics features of Phylum Platyhelminthes The Platyhelminthes are mostly parasitic and live Read more…
Phylum- Ctenophora Ctenophora- singular ctenophore. These are commonly called sea walnuts or comb jellies or Venus’s girdles. Phylum Ctenophorehas a wide range of body forms, including the flattened, deep-sea Platyctenids, in which the adults of most species lack combs, and the coastal beroids, which lack tentacles and prey on other ctenophores by using Read more…
Phylum – Coelenterata (Cnidaria) The name Cnidaria- is derived from the word cnidoblast or cnidocytes which contains stinging capsules or nematocytes. This phylum is a group of aquatic or marine organisms. The members of Coelenterata are found in colonies or solitary. Over 11,000 species are found. Chareceristic feature of coelentrates: Read more…
List of Important Glaciers of Himalayan mountain The Glaciers are reservoirs of freshwater. They are formed from a mass of compacted recrystallized snow with the ability to flow. In simple words, a glacier is a huge mass of ice that moves slowly over land. As per National Snow & Ice Read more…