Biodiversity
1. In the scientific name
Gulo luscus
,
Gulo
is:
a. One genus in a family
b. The kingdom to which
luscus
belongs
c. The class belonging to the species
luscus
d. One family in the genus _
uscus
e. One species in a family
2. How many kingdoms are represented by the following list:? Ameba; Redwood; Robin; Mushroom; Poppy
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
e. 5
3. How many kingdoms are represented by the following list? Frog; Seal; Salmon; Gull; Dog
a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4
e. 5
4. Which of the following is true about fungi?
a. All are prokaryotic
c. All are multicellular
c. All require organic material for growth
d. All grow using sunlight and carbon dioxide
e. All are plants
5. You are observing a cell through a microscope and note that it has no visible nucleus. You conclude that it most likely:
a. Is part of a multicellular animal
b. Is part of a multicellular plant
c. Is a fungus
d. Is a protozoan
e. Is a bacterium
6. All organisms can be classified into domains based on cell structure. To which domain do animals belong?
a. Eukarya
b. Prokarya
c. Archaea
d. Bacteria
e. None of the above
7. Which of the following characterizes the Domain Eukarya?
a. Prokaryotic cells
b. Cell walls
c. Membrane-bound nucleus
d. Multicellular
e. Photosynthetic
8. Which of the following does not belong with the others?
a. Humans
b. Giraffes
c. Pine trees
d. _Spirulina_ bacteria
e. Tapeworms
9. All of the following are true about the members of the Kingdom Plantae except:
a. They are multicellular
b. They have eukaryotic cells
c. They can photosynthesize
d. They use organic carbon sources
e. They use inorganic energy courses
10. All of the following are true about the members of the Kingdom Animalia except:
a. They are multicellular
b. They have eukaryotic cells
c. They can photosynthesize
d. They use organic carbon sources
e. They use organic energy sources
11. Which of the following is the best evidence for a three-domain system?
a. There are three distinctly different cell structures.
b. There are three distinctly different cellular chemical compositions
c. There are three distinctly different feeding behaviors
d. Some bacteria live in extreme environments
e. None of the above
12. Which of the following is in the correct order from the most general to the most specific?
a. class-order-family-genus
b. order-family-phylum-genus
c. species-genus-family-order
d. phylum-family-order-class
e. kingdom-class-order-genus
13. The arrangement of organisms into taxa:
a. Shows degrees of relatedness between organisms
b. Shows relationships to common ancestors
c. Was designed by Charles Darwin
d. Is arbitrary
e. Is based on evolution
14. Which one of the following does not belong with the others?
a. Animalia
b. Fungi
c. Human
d. Plantae
e. Protista
15. You are looking at a white cottony growth in your refrigerator. Microscopic examination shows it is multicellular. You can conclude all of the following about this organism except that: it
a. Has cell walls
b. Has DNA enclosed in a nucleus
c. Is eukaryotic
d. Is a bacterium
e. Absorbs organic nutrients