Biology Yr 8 test eoy Term 2 The living world

Question 1

What are the five kingdoms that classify all living things?

Answer 1

Protoctists, Bacteria (prokaryote), Fungi, Animals and Plants.

Question 2

What is the difference between a prokaryote and a euokaryote?

Answer 2

Prokaryote, having only one cell, eukaryote having multiple cells.

Question 3

What classifies something as living and something that is not.

Answer 3

MRS C GREN

Question 4

What does MRS C GREN stand for?

Answer 4

Movement, Respiration, Sensitivity, Control, Growth, Reproduction, Excretion (removing of all waste. including carbon dioxide), Nutrition

Question 5

What is the word equation for photosynthesis?

Answer 5

Carbon dioxide + Water – (through light energy and it happens in the chlorophyll—-> Glucose +oxygen.

Question 6

What is the difference between a monocot and a dicot?

Answer 6

A monocot is something that has only one cotyledon, but a dicot has 2. This cotyledon is just the sort of part that sprouts up, giving the plant the nutrition it needs to grow healthy and strong.

Question 7

How can you tell the difference (by looking at it) between a monocot and a dicot?

Answer 7

Monocots have only one cotyledon, often shaped in a spike like form but a dicot, is the opposite having 2 shaped like an oval.
Monocots have parallel veins, but dicots have got veins creating some sort of network or things like that.
Monocots petals are often left in numbers of 3 or multiples of 3. Dicots are mainly multiples of 4-5.
Monocot plants have got a roots that are quite spread out, but dicots have roots that are left in a straight line.
Monocots vascular tissues are scattered in vascular bundles, but dicots are in vascular bundles around the circumference.

Question 8

Through what technique do plants get their energy from?

Answer 8

Photosynthesis.