Biodiversity Exercise 1

An organism that lives by breaking apart dead organic matter into simpler parts is...

• scavenger
• consumer
• decomposer
• carnivore

Bacteria, fungi, and earthworms are examples of: 

• scavengers
• predators
• prey
• decomposers

The group that ferns belong to is

• Bryophytes

• Pteridophytes

• Gymnosperms

• Angiosperms

The clusters of spores at the back of ferns frond is called...

• sori

• zygospores

• sessile

• strobilus

The following are TRUE about mushroom...

• decomposer

• can carry out photosynthesis

• cell wall is made of chitin

• phylum Basidiomycota

The thermophilic microorganism that can survive is called...

• bacteria

• archaea

The following are the unique characteristics of extremophiles archaea...

• the have DNA histone protein

• have peptidoglycan

• hydrocarbon-glycerol linked to ESTER linkage

• have no peptidoglycan

the dried yeast used is Saccaromyces cerevisiae... which is belong to the kingdom, phylum

• Fungi, Zygomycota

• Fungi, Ascomycota

• Plant, Bryophytes

• Protista, Algae

Lichen is the association between ....

• plantae and protista

• plantae and fungi

• protozoa and fungi

• algae and fungi

The following organisms are the belong to the group...

• Insecta

• Crustacea

• Arachnida

• Merostomata