Welcome to your Grade 9 Biology chapter 2
After carefully reading the following 30 questions, choose the correct answer.
1.
Organisms that make their own food through photosynthesis are known as:
2.
Who is known as the father of taxonomy?
3.
What are organisms called that consist of a single cell, such as bacteria?
4.
Which taxonomic rank is the highest in the Linnaean hierarchy?
5.
Who proposed the five-kingdom system of classification in 1969?
6.
Viruses are generally not considered living because they:
7.
The protein coat that surrounds the nucleic acid of a virus is called:
8.
Which kingdom includes all eukaryotic, multicellular autotrophic organisms?
9.
Fungi have cell walls made up of:
10.
Organisms that cannot make their own food and must consume others are:
11.
Which group of plants is characterized by having no vascular tissues and being seedless?
12.
Animals without a backbone are classified as:
13.
Kingdom Monera includes which two groups?
14.
What tool is used to identify unfamiliar organisms by choosing between two possibilities at each stage?
15.
Which domain identifies groups of organisms that have prokaryotic cells?
16.
Plants that have vascular tissue and "naked" seeds are called:
17.
Ethiopia is a primary center for which of the following species?
18.
Which kingdom is described as a collection of many eukaryotic groups, mostly single-celled?
19.
What is the rank immediately below Phylum in the taxonomic hierarchy?
20.
Which of the following is an example of an invertebrate?
21.
Fungi obtain nutrients by:
22.
The cell in which a virus replicates is known as the:
23.
How did Aristotle classify plants?
24.
Which of the following is a renowned Ethiopian taxonomist?
25.
Seeds that form in a floral ovary which becomes a fruit are found in:
26.
Which organism type can be either autotrophic or heterotrophic within kingdom Protista?
27.
Kingdom Animalia cells are distinguished by having:
28.
The binomial system of nomenclature uses which two taxonomic ranks?
29.
Which of the following is a characteristic of all living things?
30.
Unicellular algae are important because they produce much of Earth's:
