From the internet,gather information about the chromosome numbers of five animals and five plants. Correlate the number with the size of the organism and answer the following questions.
$(a)$ Do larger organisms have a higher number of chromosomes/cells?
$(b)$ Can organisms with fewer chromosomes reproduce more easily than organisms with a higher number of chromosomes?
$(c)$ Does a higher number of chromosomes/cells imply greater $DNA$ content? Justify.

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(N/A) No,there is no direct correlation between the size of an organism and its chromosome number. For example,some small organisms have more chromosomes than larger ones.
$(b)$ No,the process of reproduction follows a biological pattern specific to the species and is not dependent on the total number of chromosomes.
$(c)$ Yes,since chromosomes are primarily composed of $DNA$ and proteins,an increase in the number of chromosomes typically results in a higher total quantity of $DNA$ within the cell.

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