Excretory Products And Their Elimination Ques 8
8. Uricotelic mode of passing out nitrogenous wastes is found in
(a) Reptiles and Bird
(b) Birds and Annelids
(c) Amphibians and Reptiles
(d) Insects and Amphibians
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Answer : a
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(a) Organisms which excrete nitrogenous wastes in the form of urea are called ureotelic organisms whereas the organisms which excrete nitrogenous wastes in the form of uric acid are called uricotelic organisms. Uric acid is the least poisonous and the least soluble in water, relative to Ammonia and Urea.
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