BIOLOGICAL CLASSIFICATION

Encircle the right answer. 7. Viruses are considered nonliving because

a. they do not locomote.
ON MAGNIFICATION b. they cannot reproduce independently
c. their nucleic acid doses not code for protein
1. A plant cell in a photograph measures 15 mm d. they are noncellular
across. If the actual size of the cell is 0.015 mm, e. Both b and d are correct
what is the magnification in the photograph?
Show your solution. 8. A virus is a tiny, infectious
a. x10 a. cell
b. x100 b. living thing
c. x1000 c. particle
d. x100,000 d. nucleic acid

2. The nucleus in a photograph of a cell ON PROKARYOTES

measures 3 mm across. If the magnification in
the photograph is 500, what is the actual size 9. These are characteristics of prokaryotes
of the nucleus? Show your solution. except:
a. 0.006 mm a. They reproduce asexually through binary
b. 0.06mm fission.
c. 0.6mm b. They have a nucleus
d. 6 mm c. They possess cell wall
d. Some move by means of flagella.
ON CLASSIFICATION SYSTEMS
10. Which of the following statements is true?
3. Which of the following criteria is not the basis a. Bacteria dont have cell wall
for the five kingdom system proposed by R.H. b. Prokaryote means true nucleus
Whittaker? c. Prokaryotes possess many chromosomes
a. Types of cells d. All bacteria are prokaryotes
b. Mode of Nutrition
c. Segmentation ON KINGDOM PROTISTA
d. Motility
e. Life cycles 11. Which of the following statements is false?
a. Algae can be unicellular, filamentous,
4. The species under this kingdom are multicellular or colony.
eukaryotic; mostly multicellular; absorb; b. Some protists have organelles not seen in
nonmotile; both sexual and asexual other types of eukaryotic cells.
reproduction. c. Asexual reproduction is not common among
a. Kingdom Plantae protists.
b. Kingdom Monera d. Protists have complex life cycles and they can
c. Kingdom Animalia withstand hostile environments.
d. Kingdom Fungi
ON KINGDOM FUNGI
5. Which kingdom is mismatched?
a. Fungi- usually saprophytic 12. Which of the following statements are true
b. Plantae-usually photosynthetic regrading fungi?
c. Animalia-rarely ingestive a. The body of most fungi is a multicellular
d. Protista-various modes of nutrition structure known as mycelium.
b. Fungi can be unicellular.
c. Their cell walls contain chitin.
ON VIRUSES d. Most are saprophytic decomposers.
e. All statements are true.
6. A virus contains at least two parts:
a. protein coat and a capsid
b. protein coat and nucleic acid
c. nuclear membrane and nucleic acid
b. cell membrane and nucleus
ON KINGDOM PLANTAE 19. Reptiles
a. have a thick, scaly skin that is keratinized and
13. The members of this plant group have impermeable to water
vascular tissues; their embryos are protected; b. lay eggs that are protected by a leathery shell
and they produce seeds. c. are ectothermic
a. Moss d. all of these are correct
b. Ferns
c. Angiosperms 20. Which of these features are not seen in
d. Gymnosperms mammals?
a. body hair
14. Which of the following statements is false? b. differentiated teeth
a. Angiosperms are flowering plants divided into c. mammary glands
monocots and dicots d. exothermic
b. Monocots have net venation
c. Plants are characterized by alternation of
generations
d. Ferns are categorized as nonvascular plants
e. Both b and d are false

ON PHYLUM ARTHROPODA

15. Division of the body into head, thorax and

abdomen is a characteristic of
a. Insecta
b. Insecta and Arachnida
c. Insecta and Crustacea
d. Insecta and Myriapoda

16. Book lungs are the respiratory organs of

a. Insects
b. Crustaceans
c. Arachnids
d. Myriapods

17. Which of the following statements is true?

a. Most crustaceans bear five pairs of walking
legs
b. Arachnids bear four pairs of walking legs
c. Millipedes have two pairs of walking legs per
segment
d. Insects have three pairs of legs
e. All statements are true

ON CLASSIFICATION OF CHORDATES

18. Which of these is not a feature of

amphibians?
a. dry skin that resists desiccation
b. metamorphosis from a swimming form to a
land form
c. small lungs and a supplemental means of gas
exchange
d. reproduction in water