Edexcel IGCSE Biology Section 1 - Kingdoms

Question 1

Lactobacillus, which is used to make yoghurt, are a type of:

Accepted Answer

Bacteria

Question 2

Which kingdom is a 'dumping ground' for any species that don't fit elsewhere?

Accepted Answer

Protoctist

Question 3

Most bacteria feed by:

Accepted Answer

Feeding on living and dead organisms

Question 4

Which kingdom store carbohydrate as starch and sucrose?

Accepted Answer

Plants

Question 5

Seaweed is not a plant because it do not:

Accepted Answer

Have roots

Question 6

Which of these do animal cells have?

Accepted Answer

Cell membrane

Question 7

When plants carry out photosynthesis, this is an example of the life process:

Accepted Answer

Nutrition

Question 8

Viruses can only reproduce inside other organisms, so are known as:

Accepted Answer

Parasites

Question 9

Which two kingdoms store carbohydrates and glycogen?

Accepted Answer

Fungi and Animals

Question 10

Which of these is a pathogen?

Accepted Answer

The bacteria pneumococcus

Question 11

Which of these kingdoms don't have cell walls?

Accepted Answer

Animal

Question 12

Heterotrophic organisms do what?

Accepted Answer

Eat other organisms

Question 13

Tobacco mosaic virus discolours tobacco plant leaves by:

Accepted Answer

Prevent chloroplasts forming

Question 14

Some fungi, like mucor, have hyphae which are:

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Thread like structure

Question 15

Viruses are surrounded by:

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Protein coat

Question 16

Bacterial DNA is found:

Accepted Answer

As a circular chromosome

Question 17

Which kingdom have cell walls made of chitin?

Accepted Answer

Fungi

Question 18

What type of nutrition do fungi carry out?

Accepted Answer

Saprotrophic

Question 19

Which of these groups do not include any pathogens?

Accepted Answer

Plants

Question 20

Unicellular Plasmodium, which causes malaria, have a nucleus and are in which kingdom?

Accepted Answer

Protoctists

Question 21

Humans increasing their breathing rate during exercise is an example of which life process?

Accepted Answer

Control internal conditions

Question 22

Which system is common to all animals?

Accepted Answer

Nervous

Question 23

Which kingdom carries out photosynthesis?

Accepted Answer

Plants

Question 24

Algae are Protoctists rather than plants even though they photosynthesise because:

Accepted Answer

They are unicellular

Question 25

What can viruses infect?

Accepted Answer

All types of organisms

Question 26

Which of these kingdoms only has multicellular organisms?

Accepted Answer

Plant

Question 27

Give the life process defined by the 'release of energy from food'

Accepted Answer

Respiration

Question 28

Which group of organisms has the smallest individuals?

Accepted Answer

Virus

Question 29

Which kingdom has plasmids, which are small loops of DNA?

Accepted Answer

Bacteria

Question 30

Which kingdom contains chloroplasts?

Accepted Answer

Plants

Question 31

When humans release carbon dioxide from their lungs, this is an example of which life process?

Accepted Answer

Excretion

Question 32

Which life process is not included in MRS NERG?

Accepted Answer

Control internal conditions

Question 33

Herbaceous legumes, which have nitrogen fixing bacteria in root nodules, include

Accepted Answer

Peas and beans

Edexcel IGCSE Biology Section 1 - Kingdoms

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Edexcel IGCSE Biology Section 1 - Kingdoms

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