Question

Classify the following into analogous and homologous organs:

1. Trunk of an elephant and hand of chimpanzee
2. Wing of a bat and wing of an insect
3. Mouth parts of insects
4. Wing of a bat and wing of a bird
5. Ginger and sweet potato
6. Human arms and foreleg of cow
7. Eyes of Octopus and mammals
8. Thorns of Bougainvillea and tendrils of curcubits
9. Flippers of penguins and dolphins
10. Sweet potato tubers and potato tubers
11. Forelimbs of cheetah and mammals
12. Wings of butterflies and birds
13. Forelimbs of whales and mammals
14. Forelimbs of whales and bats
15. Wing of bat and flipper of whale
16. Wing of butterfly and flipper of whale
17. Flipper of whale and wing of bird
18. Vertebrate hearts

Answer 1

Analogous	Homologous
(a) Trunk of an elephant and hand of chimpanzee	(c) Mouth parts of insects
(b) Wing of a bat and wing of an insect	(f) Human arms and foreleg of cow
(d) Wing of a bat and wing of a bird	(h) Thorns of Bougainvillea and tendrils of curcubits
(e) Ginger and sweet potato	(k) Forelimbs of cheetah and mammals
(g) Eyes of Octopus and mammals	(m) Forelimbs of whales and mammals
(i) Flippers of penguins and dolphins	(o) Wing of bat and flipper of whale
(j) Sweet potato tubers and potato tubers	(q) Flipper of whale and wing of bird
(I) Wings of butterflies and birds	(r) Vertebrate hearts
(n) Forelimbs of whales and bats
(p) Wing of butterfly and flipper of whale