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Formative Assessment on Diversity of Life
Generated by Students in 7th Block
Meghana Kapa, Akshaj, Madhu Napa, and Nelson Nguyen
Free Response
1. One of the first organisms to ever conduct photosynthesis was cyanobacteria. Explain how the emergence
of cyanobacteria contributed to the photosynthetic development of plants over the life span of earth using
the endosymbiotic theory.
2. The Amazon Rainforest of Brazil is a sight to see. In it live many different species of plants that take
advantage of the plentiful water. One of these is the Brazil nut tree. Which of the following characteristics
do nut trees most likely have in order to facilitate growth and survival?
a. A diluted cytoplasm
b. A larger vacuole
c. The plant is carnivorous
d. All of the above
3. Both mitochondria and chloroplasts are similar in that…
a. They are found in eukaryotic cells that are autotrophic and heterotrophic
b. They contain grana
c. They have their own DNA
d. They make sugars with the energy from the cytoplasm
e. They break down sugars for energy, like ATP
Kiana, Jessica Mason, Idris, Carl, Davis
4. Based off the figure above, which phyla will the organism me likely develop into?
a. Porifera
b. Cnidarian
c. Amphibian
d. All are possible
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5. Which phylum was first to develop a coelom?
a. Mollusca
b. Nematoda
c. Chordata
d. Annelida
6. Which of the following organism's gastrula lacks a mesoderm?
a. Chordates
b. Arthropods
c. Annelids
d. Cnidarians
Alanah, Karolina, Sydney, Rishika, Lori
7. You are a scienist who was embarked on an extensive journey to study hew life forms. You become
stranded on a new planet. You find an organism that has a nucleus and it has a cell wall made of chitin.
What domain and kingdom would you classify this new organism?
a. bacteria and fungi
b. eukaryota and fungi
c. archaea and protista
d. eukaryota and animal
8. According the cladogram above what trips do tigers possess?
a. hair and tail loss
b. tail loss and amniotic membrane
c. hair and amniotic membrane
d. hair and amniotic membrane loss
9. In the eukaryote domain there are multiple kingdoms, one of them is animal. Which of the following
characteristics is unique to all members of the animal kingdom.
a. sexual reproduction
b. multicellularity
c. lack of cell walls
d. heterotrophy
Natalie, Bella, Erin, Morgan, Mira
10. What does the blastopore form in protostomes?
11. Match the following term and definition by connecting with a line
Term
acoelomates
coelomates
pseudocoelomate
Definition
no body cavity
fluid filled body cavity
having a complex digestive track
12. Which laminal group doesn’t have bilateral symmetry?
a. annelida
b. cnidarian
c. chordata
d. nemotoda
Amman and Paige
1. Explain why humans are more complex then jellyfish in terms of germ layers
2. A new plant as discovered on a tropical island. Through observations the plant reproduces through the
use of seeds. A vascular system is present but no flowers are present. What plant group would you
classify this plain in? Explain your reasoning.
3. Fungi are commonly mistaken as plants, however, they are not in the same kingdom. Explain major
difference in the kingdoms that support that plants and fungi are different.
Suma, Sivani, Kelsy, Jahnavi, Jenae
1. Are animal that lack coeloms diploblastic or triploblastic?
2. Sara got hit in the stomach by a soccer ball during one of her matching and started to cry. What
developmental process did Sara go through to enable her to feel this pain?
a. gastrulation
b. cephalization
c. photosynthesis
d. recapitulation
3. Does a jellyfish with radial symmetry go through full gastrulation or partial gastrulation? Why?
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Table 1 shows the results from a BLAST comparison of the NADH dehydrogenase protein of the gray wolf with
the common mouse and Tasmanian wolf (picture below). The cladogram provides information regarding the
evolution of three mammalian clades.
Table 1: Results from a BLAST comparison
Species
BLAST Ident (%):
Similarity
to the Gray wolf
Gray wolf
Classification
Eutherian
Mouse
55
Eutherian
Tasmanian wolf
47
Marsupial
(a) Provide an evolutionary explanation for the level of similarity between the gray wolf and the mouse. Provide
an evolutionary explanation for the level of similarity between the gray wolf and the Tasmanian wolf.