Biology Quiz: Organisms and Their Characteristics

1. What kind of organelles do photosynthetic Protista contain?

• Multicellular and Unicellular

2. The main body of Fungi is called?

• Mycelium

3. Plants produce ________ for our survival

• Oxygen

4. What are the 2 transport plant tissues called?

• Xylem and Phloem

5. What is the smallest group of Bryophytes?

• Hornworts

6. A plant with a fibrous root system and leaves with parallel venation would also have?

• None of the above

7. Where does pollen transfer on plants to start reproduction?

• Stigma

8. If a farmer wanted a more loosely packed cluster of grapes, he would most likely spray the immature bunches with?

• Gibberellins

9. Who formulated for the first time the Theory of evolution?

• Lamarck

10. What is not inferred from Darwin's Theory?

• None of the above

11. What is the main factor that induces extinction of certain species?

• Human activities

12. What are Lancetets?

• Are all members of the phylum chordate

13. What doesn't the hagfish have?

• Not true eyes or jaw, and no stomach

14. How do amphibians keep warm or cool to survive?

• Outside environment

15. Which part of the amniote's egg is responsible for storing waste?

• Allantois

16. What is the stinging cell on the phylum Cnidaria?

• Nematocyst

17. What is the characteristic of Phylum Porifera?

• Does not have a nervous system

18. In the G-I system, what helps the flow of food in the cycle?

• Gastrovascular cavity

19. How do bivalves feed themselves?

• Bivalves are filter feeders

20. The typical number of larval stages in the life cycle of a nematode before sexual maturation is?

• Four

21. Which of the following is a characteristic used to describe Mammals?

• Endothermic

22. What type of structures can be infected by viruses?

• They infect all types of cellular life including animals, plants, bacteria, and fungi

23. Characteristics of bacteria

• Lack of membrane-bound organelles, unicellular, small (usually microscopic)

24. What is the sequence of replication of a virus?

• Six steps: attachment, penetration, uncoating, replication, assembly, and release.

25. How does one classify bacteria?

• Shapes

26. What are the different types of Fungus?

• Zygomycota – Ascomycota – Basidiomycota – Deuteromycota

27. Which type of fungus contains toadstools, bird nests, and stink horns?

• Basidiomycota aka Club Fungi

28. Bacteria can be both heterotrophic and autotrophic – True

29. When bacteria interchange DNA it's called transduction – True

30. Bacteria can be found in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic – False

31. A virus in its latent stages inside a host is called lytic – True