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1
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of a reptile?
Endothermic
Covered in a layer of fine scales
Eggs have a leathery shell
Breathe using lungs
2
What am I? I am endothermic, I have scaly legs and I lay eggs with a hard shell.
Bird
Fish
Amphibian
Reptile
3
Felis
catus
and Felis
silvestris
both belong to the same:
Family
Genus
Order
Species
4
A characteristic of the Kingdom Monera is:
Multicellular
No cell wall
Have a nucleus
Unicellular
5
What characteristic of all living things is achieved by some animals through having lungs?
Producing wastes
Growing
Exchange of gases
Movement
6
A characteristic of all Arthropods is:
Spiny skin
Segmented bodies
Spongy bodies
Lives in water
7
The scientist who devised the currently used classification system was:
Aristotle
Galileo Galilei
Carl Linnaeus
Thomas Edison
8
A binomial name is:
A middle name
A robot system of classification
A name written in numbers
Double-name system created by Linnaeus to name organisms
9
At what level of the hierarchy of classification is mammals?
Phylum
Order
Class
Kingdom
10
Which of the following is NOT a member of the Kingdom Fungi?
Mushrooms
Mould
Yeast
Plankton
11
A starfish would belong to the phylum:
Molluscs
Echinoderms
Poriferans
Nematodes
12
What am I? I have a soft body and I usually have a protective shell.
Porifera
Echinoderm
Cnidarian
Mollusc
13
Which of the following is the correct procedure for TYPING a scientific name?
Capital letter for the Genus and the Species underlined
Capital letter for the Genus and the Species in italics
Capital letter for the Species and the Genus in italics
Lower case letter for the Genus and the Species in italics
14
A heterotroph is:
An organism that can make its own food from sunlight
An organism that absorbs nutrients from other living things
An African Savannah animal
A type of lizard
15
The correct Hierarchal order of classification is:
Kingdom, Phylum, Family, Class, Order, Genus, Species
Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus, Species
Kingdom, Class, Phylum, Order, Family, Genus, Species
Kingdom, Phylum, Family, Class, Order, Species, Genus
16
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the Kingdom Plantae:
They are autotrophs
The don't have a cell wall
They have a nucleus
They are multicellular
17
A manta-ray belongs to the Class:
Pisces
Aves
Molluscs
Mammalia
18
The scientific name for a human being is:
Homo sapien
Homo erectus
Primate sapien
Primate erectus
19
The word Canis in Canis
familiaris
is which of the following:
Class
Genus
Family
Species
20
Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of the phylum Cnidarians?
Protective shell
Soft, hollow body
Tentacles
Live in water
