Biodiversity

Question 1

Components of the phylum porifera (sponge)

Answer 1

Asymmetrical, no germ layers, unsegmented,

Question 2

Components of the phylum Cnidaria (jellyfish)

Answer 2

Radial symmetry, diploblastic, unsegmented

Question 3

Components of the phylum Platyhelminthes (flatworms and tapeworms)

Answer 3

Bilateral symmetry, triploblastic, unsegmented, acoelomate

Question 4

Components of the phylum Nematoda (roundworms)

Answer 4

Bilateral symmetry, triploblastic, unsegmented, pseudo-acoelomate

Question 5

Components of the phylum Annelida (earthworms and leeches)

Answer 5

Bilateral symmetry, triploblastic, segmented, coelomate

Question 6

Components of the phylum Arthropoda (insects and crabs)

Answer 6

Bilateral symmetry, triploblastic, segmented, coelomate, hardened exoskeleton

Question 7

Components of the phylum Mollusca (snail and octopus)

Answer 7

Bilateral symmetry, triploblastic, unsegmented, coelomate, soft body

Question 8

Components of the phylum Echinodermata (starfish)

Answer 8

Radial symmetry, triploblastic, unsegmented, coelomate, hard and spiny skin

Question 9

Components of the phylum Chordata (humans and reptiles)

Answer 9

Bilateral symmetry, triploblastic, segmented, coelomate, vertebrate

Question 10

Who invented the domain system

Answer 10

Carl Woese

Question 11

Who invented the kingdom system

Answer 11

Richard Whittaker

Question 12

Which Kingdom
Autotroph and heterotroph, mostly unicellular, circular DNA

Answer 12

Mollusca/prokaryote

Question 13

Which domain:
Antibiotic sensitivity, peptidoglycan, simple RNA polymerase

Answer 13

Bacteria

Question 14

Which kingdom:
Multi-cellular, autotrophic,

Answer 14

Plantae

Question 15

Which phyla in the plantae kingdom has no seeds

Answer 15

Byrophyta, Pteridophyta or Filicinophyta

Question 16

Which phyla in the plantae kingdom have seeds

Answer 16

Angiosperm, Gynosperm, Pinophyta

Question 17

How do plants with no seeds reproduce

Answer 17

Via spores

Question 18

How do mushrooms and yeast store food

Answer 18

As glycogen

Question 19

Describe the characteristics of the kingdom Protoctista

Answer 19

Mostly unicellular, 80 S sized ribosomes, autotrophic

Question 20

How are the 5 kingdoms separated (3)

Answer 20

Type of cell, Level of organisation (multi/uni-cellular), Nutrition type

Question 21

I’m found in extreme conditions, I cannot undergo glycolysis and I have no antibiotic sensitivity, what am I?

Answer 21

Archaea

Question 22

What kingdom is algae and phytoplankton found in

Answer 22

Protoctista

Question 23

Which of the 5 kingdoms is mostly motile

Answer 23

Animalia

Question 24

What does it mean by the term non-motile

Answer 24

Cannot move as they have no locomotory structures/organelles

Question 25

Recite the classification system in order

Answer 25

D,K,P,C,O,F,G,S

Question 26

What was invented first the kingdoms or domains

Answer 26

Kingdoms

Question 27

How should binomial nomenclature be written

Answer 27

Italics when types, underlined when written, genus and species with the first letter of genus in capitals

Question 28

I am a crustacean what phylum am I

Answer 28

Arthropoda

Question 29

I am an earthworm what phylum am I

Answer 29

Annelida

Question 30

What is the difference between diploblastic and triploblastic?

Answer 30

Diploblastic is 2 germ layers, triplo is 3

Question 31

What does acoelomate mean?

Answer 31

The organism has no body cavity (it is all solid)

Question 32

What does coelomate mean?

Answer 32

Body cavity is completely lined with mesoderm

Question 33

What are the 3 germ layers

Answer 33

Ectoderm, mesoderm, endoderm

Question 34

Skin and nervous system composes of what germ layer

Answer 34

The ectoderm as it is the outer layer

Question 35

What germ layer makes up our glands

Answer 35

Endoderm (inner layer)

Question 36

What is the mesoderm used for in our bodies

Answer 36

Muscles, skeletal structure and reproductive systems

Question 37

What symmetry is when you cut an organism vertically down the middle

Answer 37

Bilateral symmetry

Question 38

Radial symmetry is when

Answer 38

You cut the organism horizontally

Question 39

What is segmentation

Answer 39

Repetition of body parts (e.g. worms)

Question 40

How are phyla in the animalia kingdom categorised (4)

Answer 40

Symmetry, type of coelom + germ layers, segmentation