Question
(a) What do you mean by movement and locomotion? (b) Mention the purpose of locomotion.
Answer
(a) Movement refers to any change in position, posture or place of an organism or its body parts. Locomotion refers to the self-propelled movement of an organism from one place to another.
(b) The purpose of locomotion is:
- To search for food and water.
- To escape from danger or predators.
- To find shelter or a suitable environment.
- To mate and reproduce.
- To migrate to other regions for better living conditions.
