Unit 4: Classification of Organisms-Diversity EOCT Study Guide
***NOTE: This is NOT the same UNIT 4 study guide handed out in class. The Unit 4
study guide handed out in class should be discarded. This is the corrected / revised
version of the Unit 4 Study Guide***
1. All prokaryotes are classified into what two kingdoms?
a. Fungi and Protista
b. Animalia and Plantae
c. Protista and Eubacteria
d. Eubacteria and Archaebacteria
e. Protista and Viruses
2. The scientific name of the common house cat is Felis sylvestris. In this example,
Felis is the
a. Order
b. Family
c. Phylum
d. Species
e. Genus
3. Which is the most diverse kingdom of living organisms on Earth?
a. Plantae
b. Fungi
c. Archea
d. Bacteria
e. Protista
4. Imagine that a meteorite has fallen to Earth and scientists have found life inside it.
They have extracted an organism that is unicellular, lacks cilia or flagella,
possesses a nucleus, performs photosynthesis, and has cells walls made of silica.
Which of these Earth organisms most closely fits this description?
a. Diatom
b. Dinoflagellate
c. Slime mold
d. Apicomplexan protozoan
e. Spirochete bacterium
5. What adaptation, to cut down on water loss, would you expect to find on a desert
plant?
a. Numerous leaves
b. Thick roots
c. Reduced amounts of lignin
d. Large number of stomata
e. Thick cuticle
6. Jellyfish and coral are both in the phylum
a. Nematoda
b. Annelida
c. Cnidaria
d. Porifera
e. Mollusca
7. Which part of the flower is male and produces pollen?
a. Sepals
b. Petals
c. Carpels
d. Anthers
e. Ovary
8. Two divisions of plants are the Gymnosperms and the Angiosperms. Which of the
following is a correct difference between these two divisions of Plants?
a. Gymnosperms mature slowly and Angiosperms mature quickly
b. Gymnosperms mature quickly and Angiosperms mature slowly
c. Reproductive structures for angiosperms are found in flowers and
reproductive structures for gymnosperms are found in cones
d. Gymnosperms are more diverse than Angiosperms
e. Both A and C
9. Which of these could be successfully treated with antibiotics?
a. HIV
b. Influenza
c. Strep Throat
d. Common cold
10. What structure in Gymnosperms are specialized for sexual reproduction?
a. Flowers
b. Petals
c. Roots
d. Cones
11. A dog is a member of the Kingdom
a. Animalia
b. Eubacteria
c. Protista
d. Archeabacteria
e. Plantea
12. Which of these is a type of prokaryotic cell
a. Worm cell
b. Human cell
c. Bacterial cell
d. Mushroom cell
e. Plant cell
13. Which of the following require a host cell because they are unable to survive
on their own.
a. blue-green algae
b. bacteria
c. protozoans
d. viruses
14. The one-celled eukaryotic organisms below are often found in freshwater ponds.
What is one characteristic they all have in common?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Nucleus
No membrane-bound organelles
All are heterotrophic
All are photosynthetic
15. Chordates all share these key features in the embryo or in the adult stage except
a. Dorsal nerve cord
b. Notochord
c. Pharyngeal slits
d. Post-anal tail
e. Hard backbone
16. Which mollusk listed below does not have a hard shell?
a. Snail
b. Oyster
c. Squid
d. Octopus
e. Clam
17. Earthworms and Leeches are both examples of
a. Nematode
b. Annelida
c. Mollusca
d. Arthropoda
e. Cnidaria
18. Which of these organisms is not a producer?
a. Phytoplankton
b. Insect
c. Algae
d. Autotrophic bacterium
e. Plant
19. The exoskeleton of an insect provides all the following except
a. Protection from predators
b. Flexibility around the joints
c. The ability to get larger as the body grows
d. Reduction in water loss from the surface of the body
20. Reproduction in a pine tree, and other gymnosperms, involves
a. Sperm that swim through water to insects
b. Sperm that swim through water to the female cone
c. Insects that carry pollen from flower to flower
d. Pollen that blows onto the female cone
e. Sperm the swim through water to fertilize the egg
21. Which of the following best describes nutrition in fungi?
a. Fungi are photosynthetic
b. Fungi are autotrophic, like land plants
c. Fungi absorb food that has been digested by animals
d. Fungi secrete enzymes to digest food outside their body
e. Fungi digest food in their stomach, like humans
22. Which two groups of organisms are the main decomposers in an ecosystem?
a. Fungi and animals
b. Animals and bacteria
c. Land plants and animals
d. Bacteria and fungi
23. Flowering plants can use any of these techniques or structures to attract
pollinators except
a. Special markings on the flower
b. Flower color
c. Fragrance
d. Sound
e. Nectar
24. An animal that crawls forward on the ground would most likely have
a. Radial symmetry, and no brain at all
b. Bilateral symmetry, and a brain at the hind end
c. Radial symmetry, and a brain at the front end
d. Radial symmetry and a brain at the hind end
e. Bilateral symmetry and a brain a the front end
25. Experimental Observations:
1. Nucleus is present.
2. Cell wall is present.
3. Chloroplasts and mitochondria
are both present.
The eukaryotic organism described above should be classified asa. a fungus
b. a plant
c. a bacterium
d. an animal
26. Organisms may be classified as consumers or producers. Which of these is
classified as a producer?
a. An insect
b. A bird
c. A tree
d. A mouse
27. What is the purpose of the flagellum?
a.
b.
c.
d.
circulation
catching prey
movement
attachment
28. Based on the method used to get food, organisms are classified as
autotrophs or heterotrophs. Which organism listed below is correctly paired with its
metabolism?
a. Grass-heterotroph
b. Human-heterotroph
c. Mushroom-autotroph
d. Fish-autotroph
29. What is one thing that members of all 6 kingdoms have in common?
a. Cell wall
b. mitochondria
c. DNA
e. nucleus
30. Which kingdom contains organisms that are multicellular, autotrophic eukaryotes?
a.
b.
c.
d.
Animalia
Plantae
Fungi
Archeabacteria
31. The colorful petals of a flower benefit the plant by
a. absorbing radiant energy
b. attracting insect pollinators
c. protecting it from predators
d. catching windblown pollen
32. Most are unicellular. They are eukaryotic. They are both autotrophic and
heterotrophic. They have a very large variety of members. They area. Animalia
b. Archeabacteria
c. Fungi
d. Protista
33. The kingdom of prokaryotes that live in extreme environments
a. Protists
b. Archeabacteria
c. Fungi
d. Eubacteria
e. Animalia
f. Plantae
34.
T/F: In order to maintain homeostasis, it is most important for an animal to be able
to respond to its environment.
a. True
b. False
35. Which of these processes is performed in the same way in both plants and animals?
a. Cellular respiration
b. Asexual reproduction
c. Circulation of body fluids
a. Excretion of metabolic wastes
36. What is the best method to determine if two species are closely related?
a. An analysis of photosynthesis for each species
b. Comparison of blood types
c. An analysis of the DNA sequence of each species
d. The collection of seeds from each species
37. A scientist has discovered a new organism that has moist skin, no hair, an
internal skeleton and that lays eggs in water. This organism was probably
a new species ofa. Invertebrate
b. Amphibian
c. Mammal
d. Reptile
38.
One characteristic common to the members of the phylum arthropoda, (the phylum
that contains beetles and spiders) is –
a.
b.
c.
d.
Legs
Antennae
Jointed appendages
An elongated body