Unit A: Continuity Of Life
14 Questions
| Total Attempts: 70
This “Continuity of Life” quiz deals with a wide range of biological topics, on which you will be tested today. Know your stuff about RNA, invertebrates, sunlight, disease, organisms, extinction and fossils? Test yourself now!
Questions and Answers
- 1.A particular multicellular organism neither makes nor eats food. This organism is classified in which kingdom?
- A.
Animalia
- B.
Fungi
- C.
Plantae
- D.
Protista
- 2.What causes infectious disease?
- A.
Poor nutrition
- B.
Lack of exercise
- C.
Viruses and bacteria
- D.
Inherited conditions
- 3.Which statement about RNA is NOT true?
- A.
It forms one strand.
- B.
One of its bases is uracil.
- C.
It builds up to form genes.
- D.
It is used to create proteins.
- 4.A tiger is an example of an invertebrate.
- A.
Tue
- B.
False
- 5.Which organelle captures the energy of sunlight?
- A.
Chloroplast
- B.
Vacuole
- C.
Cytoplasm
- D.
Mitochondria
- 6.Scientists use a ________________________ to help classify organisms.
- 7.A(n) _____________ is the preserved remains or trace of an organism that lived in the distant past.
- 8.Small structures in cells that have specific jobs are called _______________.
- 9.The death of all members of a species is called _________________.
- 10.Ancient bacteria that live in extreme environments are classified in Kingdom ____________.
- 11.A tiger is an example of an invertebrate.
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 12.You observe a piece of tissue under the microscope. Each cell of the tissue has a cell wall, a cell membrane, a nucleus, and organelles including chloroplasts and large vacuoles. What type of organism did this tissue come from?
- 13.The dominant allele for flower color in pea plants is purple (P). The recessive allele is white (p). Out of a generation of 100 pea plants, 31 have alleles PP, 46 have alleles Pp, and 23 have alleles pp. How many of the plants are purple? How do you know?
- 14.What is the difference between an imprint fossil and a cast fossil?
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