Classification and characteristics of organisms

Question 1

Movement

Answer 1

The ability to change place or position

Question 2

Respiration

Answer 2

The ability to chemically produce energy from nutrients

Question 3

Sensitivity

Answer 3

The ability to detect changes in the environment and respond accordingly

Question 4

Growth

Answer 4

The ability to permanently increase size and dry mass

Question 5

Reproduction

Answer 5

The ability to produce offsprings of the same kind

Question 6

Excretion

Answer 6

The ability to remove unwanted substances and wastes from the body

Question 7

Nutrition

Answer 7

The ability to take in materials that provide nutrition and energy

Question 8

Binomial Nomenclature

Answer 8

Genus + Species - classification method

Question 9

Genus

Answer 9

Group of closely related species

Question 10

Species

Answer 10

Group of organisms that can reproduce together in order to produce fertile offsprings

Question 11

Morphology

Answer 11

The study of the external features

Question 12

Anatomy

Answer 12

The study of internal features

Question 13

Type of cells

Answer 13

Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes

Question 14

Prokaryotes(4)

Answer 14

• Unicellular
• Have plasmids
• No membrane bound organelles
• No nucleus

Question 15

Eukaryotes (3)

Answer 15

• Have a nucleus
• Have membrane bound organelles
• Have a nucleus

Question 16

Monera (4)

Answer 16

• Have circular DNA
• Unicellular
• Have a cell wall - not made up of cellulose
• No membrane bound organelles within it

Question 17

Protoctists (3)

Answer 17

• Similar characteristics to

Question 18

Fungi (3)

Answer 18

• Cell walls - made up of chitin
• Unicellular or multicellular
• Made up of thread like structures known as hyphae

Question 19

Animalia (3)

Answer 19

• Unicellular or multicellular
• No cell wall - only membrane
• Heterotrophs

Question 20

Plantae (3)

Answer 20

• Unicellular or multicellular
• Cell wall - Cellulose
• Autotrophs

Question 21

Fish

Answer 21

• Have gills
• Have fins
• Have scales
• Lay eggs with no shells

Question 22

Anmphibians

Answer 22

• Have gills as tadpoles
• Have lungs when grown up
• Have slimy skin
• Normally stay in water when tadpoles but stay on land when adults

Question 23

Birds

Answer 23

• Have two front limbs that are wings
• Have beaks
• Lays eggs with hard shell
• Have feathers

Question 24

Reptiles

Answer 24

• Have scaly skin
• Lay eggs with soft shells

Question 25

Mammals

Answer 25

• Have mammary glands
• Have sweat glands
• Have pinna
• Have Uterus and placenta with which birth is given
• Have hair

Question 26

General features of arthropods

Answer 26

• Have an exoskeleton
• Have several pairs of jointed legs

Question 27

Myriapods

Answer 27

• Have many segments
• Have many legs for each segment
• No antennae

Question 28

crustaceans

Answer 28

• Have four pairs of jointed legs
• Have two pairs of antennae

Question 29

Insects

Answer 29

• Have three pairs of jointed legs
• Have one pair of antennae
• Have wings
• Have 3 parts in their body

Question 30

Arachnids

Answer 30

• Have four pairs of jointed legs
• Have no antennae

Question 31

Ferns (3)

Answer 31

• Have stem, leaf(fronds) and roots
• Reproduce through spores
• Are not flowering plants

Question 32

Monocots (3)

Answer 32

• Parallel veins
• One cotyledon
• Petals in multiples of 3

Question 33

Dicots (4)

Answer 33

• Network of veins
• Two cotyledons
• Petals in multiples of four or five

Question 34

Viruses

Answer 34

RNA/DNA strands made up of protein coats.
- Not considered to be a living organism