PODAR INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL
Class Test 2
Subject: Biology
Topic: Stage 7: Unit 4: Grouping and identifying organisms
Std: VI
Total marks :10
Note to the teacher: Add the questions on a Google form to assess the learners.
Choose the correct answer from the options given below:
1.
Growth is the characteristic of living organism.
Which process provides the energy for growth?
A.
excretion
B.
movement
C.
respiration
D.
sensitivity
[1]
Respiration
2.
The characteristics of living organisms are given below in the columns.
Which pair is incorrectly matched?
Characteristic
Description
A.
Movement
Changing position of part or all of the body
B.
Excretion
Breaking down nutrients to release energy
C.
Reproduction
Making new individuals of the same kind of organism
D.
Nutrition
Taking materials from the environment for energy
and growth
[1]
Answer: B
3.
Read the statements given below and choose the correct answer.
Statement 1: All the organisms in a species share the same characteristics
and are identical to each other.
Statement 2: There can be variation between the individual members of a
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species.
A.
Only statement 1 is correct.
B.
Only statement 2 is correct.
C.
Both statement 1 and 2 are correct.
D.
Neither statement 1 and nor statement 2 is correct.
[1]
Answer: A
4.
Which characteristic of living things is generally shown by plants and not animals?
A.
Photosynthesis
B.
Growth
C.
movement
D.
respiration
[1]
Photosynthesis
5.
The diagram shows a flowering plant.
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Use the key to identify the plant.
Plant
It has a bell shaped flower
Yes
A
No
It has broad and flat leaves
Yes
B
No
It has more than five stripped petals.
Yes
[1]
Answer: C
6.
No
C
D
This is the offspring produced by a female zebra and a male horse called zorse.
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(a)
Why do biologists say that zebras and horses belong to different
species, even though they can sometimes reproduce together?
[1]
Because they have different physical charactaristics.
7.
The picture is a photograph of H3N2 virus.
H3N2
virus
(a)
Name the instrument that can be used to study the structure of
viruses.
[1]
Answer: Microscope
(b)
Which characteristic feature of the H3N2 viruses help them to get
inside the cell?
[1]
The little pegs on the coat help them to stick and get inside a cell.
(c)
Complete the sentence.
(i) H3N2 viruses cause a very unpleasant and dangerous kind of
Influenza (flu)
____________________________.
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(ii) The viruses copy their information on RNA to make new
viruses
and
this
process
is
[1]
called
Answer: Replication
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