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  1. Q4. Assertion: all locomotions are movements, but all movements are not locomotions. Reason: in NCERT’s animal-level examples, locomotion changes the place or location of the whole animal. Are both true, and does the reason explain the assertion?

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    Both are true, and the reason explains the assertion: locomotion is the particular kind of movement that changes place, so every locomotion is a movement, while movements such as chewing or blinking are not locomotion (NCERT page 217).

  2. Q5. Name two cells in our body that show amoeboid movement.

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    Macrophages and leucocytes (NCERT page 218).

  3. Q6. Which three systems must work together for human locomotion?

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    The muscular, skeletal and neural systems (NCERT page 218).