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Total questions: 85

Worksheet time: 44mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which is based on the Latin genus and species to give an organism a scientific name?

a)

Molecular clock

b)

Classification

c)

Binomial nomenclature

d)

Morphology

2.

Which scientist developed a classification of living things based on morphology and behavior (hint: He was not a philosopher)

a)

Linnaeus

b)

Aristotle

c)

Democritus

d)

Plato

3.

According to the cladogram, which organism diverged last?

a)

Sharks

b)

Birds

c)

Primates

d)

Amphibians

4.

Which taxon contains one or more families

a)

Genus

b)

Phylum

c)

Species

d)

Order

5.

What is the organism in the picture

a)

a virus

b)

a bacteria

c)

a spider

d)

a robot

6.

What is the common flu, influenza?

a)

bacteria

b)

virus

c)

insect

d)

protist

7.

Are viruses considered alive?

a)

yes

b)

no

c)

it's debatable

8.

Which is a part of the process of viral infection?

a)

Lytic cycle

b)

Lysogenic cycle

c)

Replication

d)

all the above

9.

Which is paramecium?

a)

a plant-like protist

b)

an animal-like protist

c)

a fugus -like protist

d)

a bacteria

10.

Which is Euglena?

a)

a plant-like protist

b)

an animal-like protist

c)

a fugus -like protist

d)

a bacteria

11.

Amoebas have pseudopods. What are they?

a)

wide mouths

b)

tails

c)

antennae

d)

a false feet

12.

How do fungus-like protists obtain nutrients ?

a)

photosynthesis?

b)

osmosis

c)

replication

d)

absorption of nutrients from dead or decaying organisms

13.

What type of organism is a mushroom

a)

a plant

b)

a fungi

c)

an animal

d)

a bacteria

14.

Which does not describe a method by which fungi obtain food?

a)

Parasitism

b)

Decomposition

c)

Photosynthesis

d)

Mutualism

15.

What structure do Fungi produce that form a netlike mass called a mycelium?

a)

Hyphae

b)

Spores

c)

Roots

d)

Mycellium

16.

Which is a unicellular fungi

a)

Bread molds

b)

Yeast

c)

Mushroom

d)

Robert

17.

Which is a characteristic of mosses?

a)

Rhizoids

b)

Seeds

c)

Vascular tissue

d)

flowers

18.

What structure contains clusters of sponrongia?

a)

Sorus

b)

Frond

c)

Stem

d)

Blade

19.

Which terms means "naked seed"

a)

Coniferophyta

b)

Angiosperm

c)

Gymnosperm

d)

Gonkgophyta

20.

Pines are an example of which division of Vascular seed plants?

a)

Cycadophyta

b)

Gnetophyta

c)

Ginkgophyta

d)

Coniferophyta

21.

Which flower organ produces pollen?

a)

Stamen

b)

Pistil

c)

Petal

d)

Sepal

22.

Animals are

a)

multicellular autotrophs

b)

unicellular autotrophs

c)

multicellular heterotrophs

d)

unicellular heterotrophs

23.

Animals without a backbones are called

a)

invertebrates

b)

exoskeletonates

c)

endoskeletonates

d)

vertebrates

24.

the tough hard covering that protects and surround soft tissues of invertebrates are called

a)

endoskeleton

b)

exoskeeleton

c)

skeleton

d)

armor

25.

Some animals, like worms, produce both eggs and sperms in their bodies. They are

a)

homophobic

b)

hermaneutics

c)

hermaphrodites

d)

hermits

26.

During embryonic development, the 3 tissue layers that develop are

a)

underderm, mesoderm, ectoderm

b)

endoderm, megaderm, ectoderm

c)

endoderm, mesoderm, exoderm

d)

endoderm, mesoderm, ectoderm

27.

This animal is sessile, irregular in shape/asymmetrical and lives on the ocean floor. It is useful in cleaning messes

a)

Jellyfish

b)

Sponge

c)

Humming bird

d)

Mop

28.

This marine animal can take a medusa or a polyp form

a)

Sponge

b)

Jellyfish

c)

Sea star

d)

Sea cucumber

29.

The phylum for jellyfish is

a)

Porifera

b)

Annelida

c)

Echinodermata

d)

Cnidaria

30.

Which is not a characteristic of an arthropod?

a)

jointed appendages

b)

exoskeleton

c)

bilateral symmetry

d)

wings

31.

What phyla do starfish belong to

a)

Arthropods

b)

Porifera

c)

Echinodermata

d)

Annelida

32.

Which is not an echinoderm

a)

Starfish

b)

Sea cucumber

c)

Sea urchin

d)

Sea horse

33.

Which does not belong in a starfish

a)

water vascular system

b)

anus

c)

mouth

d)

tube feet

34.

which adaptation allow fish to be predators?

a)

jaws

b)

operculum

c)

swim bladder

d)

lateral line system

35.

Ticks, scorpions and spiders belong to this class of Arthropds

a)

Echinodermata

b)

Insecta

c)

Crustaceans

d)

Arachnids

36.

If you love to eat at "Red Lobter's", then you are a fan of this class of arthropods

a)

Crustaceans

b)

Insecta

c)

Arachnids

d)

Annelida

37.

Which method is related to sexual reproduction in animals?

a)

Budding

b)

Fertilization

c)

Fragmentation

d)

Parthogensis

38.

What echinoderm is considered the vacuum cleaner of the sea

a)

sea star

b)

sea urchin

c)

sea cucumber

d)

dolphin

39.

What is cartilage?

a)

a group of cells that develop from nerves

b)

bone

c)

a small cart

d)

a tough, flexible material making up the skeletons of verterbrate

40.

Which is not a Fish class?

a)

Jawless Fish

b)

Spineless Fish

c)

Cartilaginous Fish

d)

Bony Fish

41.

Shark, rays and skates are examples of

a)

Bony Fish

b)

Cartilaginous Fhish

c)

Jawless Fish

d)

None of the above

42.

Ray-finned fishes and love-finned fishes are subclasses of

a)

Bony Fish

b)

Jawless Fish

c)

Cartilaginous Fish

d)

All Fish

43.

Amphibians include

a)

Frogs and toads

b)

newts

c)

Salamander

d)

all the above

44.

Nocturnal amphibians like toads hunt

a)

at all times

b)

during the day

c)

at night

d)

never

45.

What is a molecular clock?

a)

a category

b)

the evolutionary history/family tree of a species

c)

a model that is used to estimate

the amount of time it has taken for species to evolve

from a common ancestor.

d)

a diagram

46.

A cladogram is a branching diagram that represents a proposed phylogeny of a

species or group.

a)

True

b)

False

47.

Animal- like protists are called

a)

protozoans

b)

protestants

c)

protista

d)

protecta

48.

Hyphae can be divided into cells by cross

walls called

a)

dividing walls

b)

septa

c)

curtains

d)

haustoria

49.

A spore is a ___________reproductive cell

a)

triploid

b)

diploid

c)

haploid

d)

abnormal

50.

_____________ fungi are decomposers that recycle nutrients in the environment.

a)

Parasitic

b)

Mutualistic

c)

Saprohytic

d)

Sadistic

51.

Insects have

a)

head

b)

thorax (middle

region)

c)

abdomen

d)

all the above

52.

Starfish have eyespots on their arms

a)

True

b)

False

53.

What is pentaradial symmetry?

a)

Four- part symmetry

b)

Five -part symmetry

c)

Three-part symmetry

d)

No symmetry

54.

A _________ _________ is a group of cells that develop from the nerve cord in vertebrates.

a)

neural crest

b)

nerve cord

c)

vertebrate column

d)

nervous fiber

55.

Toads have poison glands called

a)

nematocysts

b)

parotids

c)

gills

d)

operculum

56.

What do all vertebrates share?

a)

cartilage

b)

radial symmetry

c)

notochord?

d)

fins?

57.

I am a single stranded nucleic acid

a)

RNA

b)

DNA

58.

This molecule is a nucleic acid

a)

RNA

b)

DNA

c)

both

d)

none

59.

This nucleic acid is arranged as a double helix or "twisted ladder"

a)

RNA

b)

DNA

c)

both

d)

none

60.

This nucleic acid has the sugar ribose

a)

RNA

b)

DNA

c)

both

d)

none

61.

This nucleic acid has the base Uracil

a)

RNA

b)

DNA

c)

both

d)

none

62.

This nucleic acid has the base Thymine

a)

RNA

b)

DNA

c)

both

d)

none

63.

This nucleic acid has the bases Guanine, Cytosine and Adenosine

a)

RNA

b)

DNA

c)

both

d)

none

64.

tRNA stands for

a)

type RNA

b)

temporary RNA

c)

transfer RNA

d)

thymine RNA

65.

Replication is

a)

DNA making DNA

b)

DNA making RNA

c)

RNA making Proteins

d)

Proteins making Proteins

66.

Translation is

a)

DNA making DNA

b)

DNA making RNA

c)

RNA making Proteins

d)

Proteins making Proteins

67.

mRNA stands for

a)

type RNA

b)

temporary RNA

c)

transfer RNA

d)

messenger RNA

68.

A three- base code in DNA or mRNA is called a

a)

Code

b)

Codon

c)

secret message

d)

triplett

69.

rRNA stands for

a)

Robust RNA

b)

Rival RNA

c)

Ribosomal RNA

d)

Red RNA

70.

A permanent change that occurs in a cell's DNA is called

a)

variance

b)

mutation

c)

hybrid

d)

disease

71.

Which mutations are more severe/damaging?

a)

body cell mutations

b)

sex-cell mutations

c)

none

72.

how do researchers manipulate DNA

a)

through genetic engineering

b)

through cloning

c)

through creating transgenic organism

d)

all of the above

73.

What book did Charles Darwin write to support his theory of evolution

a)

On the Origins of Species

b)

Great Expections

c)

Oliver Twist

d)

The Prince and the Pauper

74.

What adaptations allows an organism to blend into its environment

a)

fitness

b)

evolution

c)

Mimicry

d)

camouflage

75.

Which accurately states what evolution is

a)

Change over a long period of time

b)

Change overnight

c)

Staying the same over a long period of time

d)

Staying the same always

76.

What process allows some competitors that are better equipped for survival than others to survive and reproduce?

a)

natural selection

b)

artificial selection

c)

evolution

d)

none of the above

77.

When humans breed dogs, that is an example of

a)

evolution

b)

creativity

c)

natural selection

d)

artificial selection

78.

Naming organisms with a scientific name with two parts is called

a)

scientific naming

b)

binomial nomenclenture

c)

bilateral nomenclature

d)

bilingual nomenclature

79.

the two part scientific name include which two taxa?

a)

Genus name first, species second

b)

Species name first, Genus second

c)

Genus name only

d)

Species name only

80.

In the scientific name: Homo sapiens,

What is the term 'Homo' referring to

a)

Class

b)

Oder

c)

Genus

d)

Species

81.

In the scientific name: Homo sapiens,

What is the term 'sapiens' referring to

a)

Class

b)

Oder

c)

Genus

d)

Species

82.

the discipline of identifying, naming and classifying organisms is called

a)

classification

b)

phylogeny

c)

taxonomy

d)

binomial nomenclature

83.

Which is smallest?

a)

A human cell

b)

A bacteria

c)

A plant

d)

A virus

84.

Some bacteria have more than one flagella

a)

True

b)

False

85.

Bacteria mutation can lead to

a)

longer life

b)

death of the bacteria

c)

antibiotic resistance

d)

none of the above

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