Chapter 4: Classification
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1 An organism is 1 *
A a living thing.
B a non-living thing.
C a type of microscopic animal.
D something that was living, but is now
dead.
2 A key in which there are two choices at 1 *
every branch is commonly known as a
A bifurcating key.
B duolous key.
C twin key.
D dichotomous key.
3 A vertebrate is 1 *
A an animal that has no backbone.
B an animal with a backbone.
C an animal that usually stands vertical.
D an animal with an external skeleton.
E a type of fossil.
4 Which of the following animals is an 1 *
example of a mollusc?
A A dolphin
B A frog
C A worm
D A snail
5 A huntsman spider is 1 *
A an insect.
B an echinoderm.
C a cnidarian.
D an arthropod.
6 Which of the following is not a mammal? 1 *
A An echidna
B A human
C A whale
D A penguin
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7 Which of the following statements is 1 *
incorrect?
A The extinct giant kangaroo is called
Procoptodon.
B Animals that existed about 55 000 years
ago include marsupial lions and giant
wombats.
C Dinosaurs became extinct about
6 million years ago.
D Diprotodon was the largest marsupial
ever to have lived.
8 Invertebrates make up approximately what 1 *
percentage of all animals?
A 5%
B 15%
C 50%
D 95%
9 How many different groups of invertebrates 1 *
are there?
A 1
B 2
C 4
D 8
10 Bryophytes with small delicate leaves are 1 *
known as
A angiosperms.
B mosses.
C liverworts.
D conifers.
11 Which of the following statements is 1 **
correct?
A Vertebrates usually possess gills at some
stage of their development.
B Only fish ever develop gills.
C Humans do not have gills during any
stage of development.
D Besides fish, only reptiles have gills
during foetal development.
12 Assimilation is one of the characteristics of 1 **
living things. Assimilation is defined as the
ability to
A reproduce.
B take in food and incorporate it into the
structure of the body.
C grow.
D produce energy from the digestion of
food.
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13 Which type of fish does not have fins? 1 **
A Fish with a cartilage skeleton
B Fish with bony skeletons
C Jawless fish
D None of the above – all fish have fins
14 Which of the following is the most accurate 1 **
statement?
A Marsupials are unique to Australia.
B Marsupials are most common in North
and South America.
C Most of the world’s marsupials live in
Australia.
D A horse is a common example of
a marsupial.
15 The lowest two levels in the system of 1 **
classification are
A class and species.
B kingdom and order.
C order and genus.
D genus and species.
16 Humans belong to the genus 1 **
A Homo.
B Mammalia.
C Vertebrata.
D Homidae.
17 Using the key below, the figure shown could 1 **
be identified as
A shape A.
B shape B.
C shape C.
D shape D.
18 What is the difference between a non-living 2 *
object and something dead?
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19 Write the common names of two animals 2 *
with exoskeletons.
20 Give an example of each of the following. 3 *
(a) A living thing
(b) A non-living thing
(c) A dead person or thing
21 Give three characteristics of all living things. 3 *
22 What is a 3 *
(a) marsupial?
(b) monotreme?
(c) placental mammal?
23 List one example of an animal in each of the 5 *
following groups.
(a) Mammals
(b) Aves
(c) Reptiles
(d) Amphibia
(e) Fish
24 What is an invertebrate? Give four examples 5 *
of invertebrates.
25 (a) Name the group of plants that have 3 **
conducting tissue.
(b) What general name is given to plants that
bear cones as their reproductive organs?
(c) What name is given to plants that use
flowers for reproduction?
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26 Use the key below to classify the animals 3 **
pictured here.
27 Explain the main difference between 3 **
vascular and non-vascular plants and give
an example of each.
28 Name the missing group titles in the diagram 3 **
below.
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29 Use the key below to classify the animals 4 **
pictured here.
30 Use the word list below to name sections 5 **
(a) to (e) in the following chart.
Word list: ferns, mosses, conifers,
liverworts, flowering plants
31 Identify a major feature that will distinguish 6 **
between
(a) echinoderms and molluscs.
(b) nematodes and annelids.
(c) arthropods and cnidarians.
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32 Devise a dichotomous key to classify each of 3 ***
the following coins. List which coins fit into
each stage of the key.
33 Using the following list of characteristics of 3 ***
poriferans, sketch a new animal that could be
classified as one.
Characteristics:
• found in water
• spongy body with many holes
• food and water enter through tiny holes in
the body
• wastes go out through a single large
opening
• usually fixed in one place to rocks or
shells
• skeleton made of glassy or chalky
needles, or spongy fibres.
34 Imagine that some time in the future it is 3 ***
possible to freeze people for long space
missions and later to thaw them without any
harmful side effects. Would you classify
a person in such a freeze as living, non-
living or dead? Give reasons for your
answer.
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