K/U: Knowledge and Understanding T/I: Thinking and Investigation C: Communication A: Application
For each question, select the best answer from the four alternatives.
1. What are the cell walls of fungi made up of? (3.1) K/U (a) mycelium (b) chitin (c) hyphae (d) cellulose
2. The symbiotic relationship called mycorrhiza is a relationship between fungi and what? (3.1) K/U (a) animals (b) bacteria (c) plants (d) protists
3. Which of the following human diseases is caused by a fungus? (3.1) K/U (a) chicken pox (b) malaria (c) tuberculosis (d) ringworm
4. Which of the following groups of plants evolved most recently? (3.2) K/U (a) nonvascular plants (b) gymnosperms (c) seedless vascular plants (d) angiosperms
5. Which of the following characteristics best describes a bryophyte? (3.2) K/U (a) low to the ground (b) has a woody stem (c) lives in ecosystems with almost no moisture (d) produces large flowers
6. Most of the plant species that are alive today belong to which of the following groups? (3.2) K/U (a) gymnosperm (b) angiosperm (c) lycophyte (d) bryophyte
7. Which pair of characteristics could be used to describe all animals? (3.3) K/U (a) multicellular, heterotrophic (b) invertebrate, marine (c) eukaryotic, radial symmetry (d) segmented bodies, photosynthetic
8. Which of the following body systems develops from the ectoderm layer of an embryo? (3.3) K/U (a) circulatory system (b) nervous system (c) excretory system (d) muscular system
9. Animals in which of the following groups are classified as chordates? (3.3) K/U (a) amphibians (b) mollusks (c) nematodes (d) arthropods
10. Which of the following statements is true about the world's fisheries? (a) Many of the world's fisheries are in decline or at risk. (b) Some fisheries are wild, and others are farmed. (c) Some fisheries may be causing serious environmental damage. (d) all of the above
Indicate whether each statement is true or false. If you think the statement is false, rewrite it to make it true.
11. Fungi and animals are more closely related than fungi and plants. (3.1) K/U
12. Fungi carry out internal digestion to get the nutrients they need to live. (3.1) K/U
13. Each hypha in the body of a fungus has a single nucleus. (3.1) K/U
14. Plants evolved from green algae. (3.2) K/U
15. In a plant life cycle, the gametophyte stage is diploid. (3.2) K/U
16. Pollen grains contain a plant embryo and a food supply for the embryo. (3.2) K/U
17. All animals use oxygen to carry out aerobic respiration. (3.3) K/U
18. Porifera and Cnidaria are two types of vertebrate animals. (3.3) K/U
19. The waterproof amniotic egg is an example of an adaptation to a marine environment. (3.3) K/U
20. Turtles, snakes, and lizards are examples of amphibians. (3.3) K/U
21. Scientists believe that more than half of Earth's fisheries are unsustainable. (3.4) K/U
Key
K/U: Knowledge and Understanding
T/I: Thinking and Investigation
C: Communication
A: Application
For each question, select the best answer from the four alternatives.
1. What are the cell walls of fungi made up of? (3.1) K/U
(a) mycelium
(b) chitin
(c) hyphae
(d) cellulose
2. The symbiotic relationship called mycorrhiza is a relationship between fungi and what? (3.1) K/U
(a) animals
(b) bacteria
(c) plants
(d) protists
3. Which of the following human diseases is caused by a fungus? (3.1) K/U
(a) chicken pox
(b) malaria
(c) tuberculosis
(d) ringworm
4. Which of the following groups of plants evolved most recently? (3.2) K/U
(a) nonvascular plants
(b) gymnosperms
(c) seedless vascular plants
(d) angiosperms
5. Which of the following characteristics best describes a bryophyte? (3.2) K/U
(a) low to the ground
(b) has a woody stem
(c) lives in ecosystems with almost no moisture
(d) produces large flowers
6. Most of the plant species that are alive today belong to which of the following groups? (3.2) K/U
(a) gymnosperm
(b) angiosperm
(c) lycophyte
(d) bryophyte
7. Which pair of characteristics could be used to describe all animals? (3.3) K/U
(a) multicellular, heterotrophic
(b) invertebrate, marine
(c) eukaryotic, radial symmetry
(d) segmented bodies, photosynthetic
8. Which of the following body systems develops from the ectoderm layer of an embryo? (3.3) K/U
(a) circulatory system
(b) nervous system
(c) excretory system
(d) muscular system
9. Animals in which of the following groups are classified as chordates? (3.3) K/U
(a) amphibians
(b) mollusks
(c) nematodes
(d) arthropods
10. Which of the following statements is true about the world's fisheries?
(a) Many of the world's fisheries are in decline or at risk.
(b) Some fisheries are wild, and others are farmed.
(c) Some fisheries may be causing serious environmental damage.
(d) all of the above
Indicate whether each statement is true or false. If you think the statement is false, rewrite it to make it true.
11. Fungi and animals are more closely related than fungi and plants. (3.1) K/U
12. Fungi carry out internal digestion to get the nutrients they need to live. (3.1) K/U
13. Each hypha in the body of a fungus has a single nucleus. (3.1) K/U
14. Plants evolved from green algae. (3.2) K/U
15. In a plant life cycle, the gametophyte stage is diploid. (3.2) K/U
16. Pollen grains contain a plant embryo and a food supply for the embryo. (3.2) K/U
17. All animals use oxygen to carry out aerobic respiration. (3.3) K/U
18. Porifera and Cnidaria are two types of vertebrate animals. (3.3) K/U
19. The waterproof amniotic egg is an example of an adaptation to a marine environment. (3.3) K/U
20. Turtles, snakes, and lizards are examples of amphibians. (3.3) K/U
21. Scientists believe that more than half of Earth's fisheries are unsustainable. (3.4) K/U
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