The organisms "Cicada, Froghopper and Pond skater" are :
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Answer: C. Cicadas, froghoppers and pond skaters (water striders) are all insects. They belong to the order Hemiptera, the true bugs, which have six legs and piercing-sucking mouthparts.
Watch for: Names like 'froghopper' and 'pond skater' suggest frogs or water animals, but all three are bugs.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Wrong because none of them is a bird; the names only sound like animals.
- B. Wrong because the pond skater lives on water but is an insect, not a fish.
- D. Wrong because the froghopper is an insect and not related to frogs or reptiles.
Source to check: NCERT Class 11 Biology, Chapter 4 'Animal Kingdom' (Phylum Arthropoda, Class Insecta)
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