Question

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$1.$ More than ...(a)... percent of all the species recorded are animals, while plants (including algae, fungi bryophytes, gymnosperms, and angiosperms) comprise no more than ...(b)... percent of the total.
$2.$ Among animals, insects making up more than ...(c)... percent of the total.
$3.$ Out of every 70 animals on this planet, ...(d)... are insects.
$4.$ The number of ...(e)... species in the world is more than all the ...(f)... species combined.

• A. a-70, b-l2, c-22, d-7, e-vertebrate, f-fungi
• B. a-70, b-22, c-70, d-7, e-fungi, f-vertebrate
• C. a-70, b-22, c-70, d-49, e-fungi, f-vertebrate
• D. a-67, b-12, c-70, d-49, e-vertebrate f- fungi

Answer 1

Answer: (C)

Animals comprise more than 70% of all recorded species. Plants and fungi comprise less than 12% of the total species known. Insect group in the animal kingdom have a high number of varieties and comprise of more than 70% of the total animal types recorded. Thus, out of every 70 animals, 49 will be insects. The variety of fungal species in the world is more than that of all vertebrates together.