Module 1

Question 1

All animals are multicellular

Answer 1

True

Question 2

All protists are eukaryotes

Answer 2

True

Question 3

The organelles thought to have originated as endosymbiotic bacteria are the

Answer 3

Mitochondrion and Chloroplast

Question 4

A mutualistic association between a fungus and a plant root is called a lichen

Answer 4

False

Question 5

All protists obtain their nutrients by photosynthesis (algae) or ingestion (protozoa)

Answer 5

False

Question 6

Cell division only occurs during reproduction

Answer 6

False

Question 7

In mitosis, chromosomes are pulled by spindle fibres to opposite poles of the nucleus during

Answer 7

anaphase

Question 8

Fungi are the main causes of plant diseases

Answer 8

True

Question 9

Which of the following form part of the endomembrane system in cells?

Answer 9

Nucleus, endoplasmic reticulum, Golgi body

Question 10

A mitochondrion is an example of:

Answer 10

An organelle

Question 11

Archaea are thought to be the ancestors of true bacteria

Answer 11

False

Question 12

Yeasts are unicellular

Answer 12

Fungi

Question 13

Protists are more closely related to bacteria than they are to plants and animals

Answer 13

False

Question 14

All bacteria are prokaryotes

Answer 14

true

Question 15

A haploid cell cannot undergo mitosis

Answer 15

false

Question 16

If a cell has 14 centromeres, how many chromosomes does it have?

Answer 16

14

Question 17

Membranes and materials are exchanged between the endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi body by means of:

Answer 17

vesicles

Question 18

Fungi absorb nutrients through their cell walls

Answer 18

True

Question 19

Fungi have evolved from plants

Answer 19

False

Question 20

An organism which has cell walls cannot be a

Answer 20

Animal

Question 21

Only members of the plant kingdom are autotrophic

Answer 21

False

Question 22

The network of protein fibres that controls cell shape and movement is called the

Answer 22

cytoskeleton

Question 23

How many cells are produced by mitosis of a single cell?

Answer 23

2

Question 24

Green algae are

Answer 24

Either single celled or muticellular

Question 25

Most prokaryotes reproduce by binary fission

Answer 25

true

Question 26

Sexual reproduction does not occur in bacteria

Answer 26

true

Question 27

Photosynthesis is found in many different evolutionary lines of protists

Answer 27

true

Question 28

A replicated chromosome is made up of

Answer 28

two identical chromatids

Question 29

Yeast and mushrooms belong to different kingdoms

Answer 29

false

Question 30

All protists move using cilia

Answer 30

false

Question 31

Viruses are the smallest kind of bacterium

Answer 31

false Viruses are not bacteria

Question 32

Fungal hyphae grow only at their tips

Answer 32

true

Question 33

Blue-green algae are

Answer 33

Bacteria

Question 34

The nuclear envelope consists of

Answer 34

2 membranes

Question 35

The cell wall and flagella of bacteria are different from those of protists

Answer 35

true

Question 36

Asexual reproduction is common in many eukaryotes

Answer 36

true

Question 37

If a cell with 40 chromosomes divides by mitosis, how many chromosomes are in the nuclei of the daughter cells?

Answer 37

40

Question 38

Which of the following organelles does not have a membrane(s)?

Answer 38

ribosome

Question 39

Only members of the animal kingdom are heterotrophic

Answer 39

false

Question 40

Bacteria are

Answer 40

Members of a separate domain of prokaryotes

Question 41

Which ONE of the following statements about living organisms is MOST CORRECT?

Answer 41

Answer all a.Living organisms have genetic information. b. Living organisms adapt to their environment over time. c. Living organisms are made of cells. d Living organisms metabolise.