Question : Seeing a bat flying over the roof of her house, Babita asked her father following questions : (i) What is this night flying bird ? (ii) How does it see during night ? (iii) What does it eat and how does it obtain its food ?

Question : Seeing a bat flying over the roof of her house, Babita aske

1.	Question : Seeing a bat flying over the roof of her house, Babita asked her father following questions : (i) What is this night flying bird ? (ii) How does it see during night ? (iii) What does it eat and how does it obtain its food ?
Answer» SOLUTION :(i) Bat is not a bird. It is a mammal that has patagia in the forelimbs to function as wings and help in bat's flight (II) Bat does not require sharp vision for its flight. It flies through ecolocation or SENDING echo waves that are INTERPRETED to known the obstacles. Bat thus ''sees through its ears''. (iii) Bat feeds on nocturnal flying insects such as moths. The insects are located through sound waves produced by them. Feeding on insects acts as BIOLOGICAL control on the population of night flying insects. It is a rule of nature which keeps ecological balance.