Biodiversity

Question 1

How many different kinds of living organisms are there?

Answer 1

30-50 million

Question 2

What are scientists called if they classify what living things are?

Answer 2

Taxonomists

Question 3

What are the five groups called?

Answer 3

Kingdoms

Question 4

What are the 5 kingdoms?

Answer 4

Bacteria, Protista, fungi, Plantae, Animalia

Question 5

Examples of bacteria?

Answer 5

e-coli, salmonella, tetanus, cholera

Question 6

movement of bacteria?

Answer 6

Flagella

Question 7

Nutrition of bacteria?

Answer 7

Either autotrophic or heterotrophic

Question 8

Reproduction of bacteria

Answer 8

Asexual and are single celled organisms so they can split into another one of itself

Question 9

Examples of Protista?

Answer 9

Amoeba, algae, mold

Question 10

Movement of Protista?

Answer 10

Flagella

Question 11

Nutrition of Protista?

Answer 11

Autotrophic or heterotrophic

Question 12

Reproduction of Protista?

Answer 12

Asexual and multi cellular

Question 13

Examples of Fungi?

Answer 13

Mushroom, Toadstools, Mildew, Yeast

Question 14

Does Fungi move?

Answer 14

no

Question 15

Reproduction of Fungi?

Answer 15

Spores

Question 16

Examples of Plantae?

Answer 16

Trees, grass, bushes, aloes

Question 17

Movement of Plantae?

Answer 17

There is very limited movement for Plantae

Question 18

Nutrition of plantae?

Answer 18

Autotrophic

Question 19

Reproduction of Plantae?

Answer 19

Mostly seeds but ferns use spores

Question 20

Examples of Animalia?

Answer 20

Any animal

Question 21

Movement of Animalia?

Answer 21

Swimming, walking, running

Question 22

How many groups are kingdoms subdivided into?

Answer 22

Phyla, Classes, Orders, Genera, Species

Question 23

How are Genus and Species names written?

Answer 23

In Italics or underlined the species name starts with a lowercase letter but everything else started with an uppercase letter

Question 24

What are the two types of animals?

Answer 24

Vertebrates and Invertebrates

Question 25

What are the five different vertebrates?

Answer 25

Mammals, reptiles, fish, birds, Amphibian

Question 26

What are the 2 main plants?

Answer 26

Angiosperms and gymnosperms

Question 27

What plants do not have seeds?

Answer 27

Mosses, Ferns, Algae

Question 28

What type of plants are Gymnosperms

Answer 28

Conebearing

Question 29

What shape are the seeds of gymnosperms?

Answer 29

A cone shape

Question 30

What do angiosperms produce?

Answer 30

Seeds

Question 31

Examples of Angiosperms?

Answer 31

Proteas, aloes, daisies, lilies and grasses

Question 32

What happens when a pollen grain fertilizes an ovule?

Answer 32

The fertilized ovule develops into a seed inside the female part of a flower part of the flower develops into a fruit or seed pod which surrounds and covers the seeds

Question 33

What is a seed?

Answer 33

A seed is an embryo protected by an outer covering with endosperm