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Define movement and locomotion​

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Answer:

All movements are not locomotion, but all locomotion are movement.

Step-by-step explanation:

Movement:

  • Displacement from a posture or postion is called Movement.

Examples:

  • Streaming of Protoplasm
  • Cillia, Flagella, Tentacles
  • Limbs, Jaws, Eyelids, Tongue
  • Heartbeat
  • Diaphragm (Up - Down)

Locomotion:

  • Movement of whole body of an Organism resulting in change in place is called locomotion (Voluntary Movement)

Examples:

  • Walking - Running
  • Climbing - Flying
  • Swimming - Creeping

NOTE:

  • All movements are not locomotion, but all locomotion are movement.

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