Which of the following characteristics is mainly responsible for the diversification of insects on land?

Which of the following characteristics is mainly responsible for the diversification of insects on land?
  1. Segmentation
  2. Bilateral symmetry
  3. Exoskeleton
  4. Eyes

Solution

Exoskeleton plays a role in defence from the prey and is also an important characteristic in the diversification of many species, e.g., insects having chitin as the form of an exoskeleton.

Asked in: NEET 2015 (Phase 1)

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