2. Plant and Animal Biology
• Explain the basic principles of classification in biology
• Analyze the relationships among levels of classification
• Cite the contributions of major taxonomists
• Classify the major taxonomic groups
• Analyze how a dichotomous key can be used in classifying
plants and animals based on structure and function
• Identify the basic need of plants and animals for growth and
development
• Determine beneficial/harmful plants and animals
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3. Explain the basic principles of classification in biology
1. Which biological classification approach categorizes organisms based on derived
characteristics traced to a group’s common ancestor?
A. Chemotaxonomy C. Cytotaxonomy
B. CladisticsTaxonomy D. NumericalTaxonomy
2. Plants are classified as herbs, shrubs, and trees. What is the basis in this biological
classification?
A. Evolutionary relationships C. Morphology
B. Gene pool D. Phylogenetics
3. How is species defined?
A. Based on the ability to interbreed
B. Based on the external appearance
C. Based on the DNA and protein sequences
D. Based on the number of adaptations to the same habitat
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4. Analyze the relationships among levels of classification
4. Which of the following taxonomic ranks is properly arranged from most inclusive to
the least inclusive?
A. species, genus, family, order, class, phylum, kingdom, domain
B. kingdom, phylum, domain, family, class, order, genus, species
C. domain, kingdom, phylum, family, class, order, genus, species
D. domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus, species
5.What is the equivalent of a division in plant taxonomy?
A. family C. kingdom
B. genus D. phylum
6. Eukaryota consists of organisms that have a true nucleus and structures called
organelles that are surrounded by membranes. Which of the following are included in
the Domain Eukarya?
I. Animals and plants III. Fungi and protists
II. Microbes IV. Bacteria
A. I only B. I and III C. II and IV D. II, III, IV
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5. Cite the contributions of major taxonomists
7. Who is considered to be the “first taxonomist”? He wrote De Plantis, a work
that contained 1500 species.
A. Bauhin B. Caesalpino C. Dioscorides D.Theophrastus
8. What was the outstanding contribution of the two US zoologists namely,
Kevin de Queiroz and Jacques Gauthier?
A.They founded the Cladistic Era.
B.They initiated the zoological code.
C.They laid the foundation of the PhyloCode.
D.They started the construction of evolutionary trees.
9. Who was the Swedish naturalist who introduced the tw0-part scientific
name?
A. Carolus Linnaeus C. George-Luise Leclerc de Buffon
B. Charles Darwin D. Otto Kuntze
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6. Classify the major taxonomic groups (monerans, protists, fungi, plants,
and animals
10. An organism is a heterotrophic multicellular whose cells have cell walls. To
which kingdom must it belong?
A. animalia B. fungi C. monera D. plantae
11. Under which kingdom are slime molds and algae classified?
A. animalia B. fungi C. monera D. protista
12. Which of the following BEST describes an organism belonging to Kingdom
Monera?
A. It is a unicellular eukaryote.
B. it is a unicellular prokaryote.
C. it is a multicellular heterotroph.
D. It is a multicellular, autotrophic eukaryote.
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7. Analyze how a dichotomous key can be used in classifying plants and animals
based on structure and funstion
13. How does a dichotomous key help in classifying living things?
A. It presents the genus name and species name.
B. It provides the two best traits of the organism.
C. It gives the distinct structure of the organism together with its function.
D. It shows a series of opposing descriptions of basic features of an organism.
14. Using the dichotomous key below, how do you describe a duck?
A. A feathered animal that swims
B. A feathered animal that cannot swim
C. A non-feathered animal that can swim
D. A non-feathered animal that has no legs
15. Analyze the following animals: fish, whale, house-fly, bat, penguin, and mosquito.
Using a dichotomous key, which will give you the best description?
A. Bat – fly only at night C. Mosquito – fly only at night
B. Housefly – fly only at night D. Penguin – fly only at night
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8. Identify the basic need of plants and animals for growth and development
16.Which of the following is NOT always true about living things?
A. Living things are single-celled organisms.
B. Living things maintained internal consistency.
C. Living things reproduce sexually or asexually.
D. Living things take in energy and use it for maintenance and growth.
17.Why do plants use different carbon fixation pathways?
A.To minimize photorespiration
B.To produce more glucose and oxygen
C.The C3 cycle is not very efficient in making food
D.The C4 cycle and CAM are very efficient in producing glucose
18.Which do animals need from their environment in order to survive?
I. Air II. Food III. Light IV. Soil V. Water
A. I, II, and III B. II, III, and IV C. I, II, andV D. I, III, andV
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9. Determine beneficial/harmful plants and animals
19. Which plant is found along the seashore or brackish water in the Philippines
whose milky juice is poisonous and can cause blindness when it touches the
eyes and blisters to the skin?
A. Buta-Buta B. Pongpong
C. Talumpunay D. Trompeta
20. The Talavera family lives in a barrio. Butch, the youngest in the family is
suffering from eczema. Which among may be used as medicinal plant to
address his condition?
A. Akapulko B. Niyog-niyogan
C. Sambong D.YerbaBuena
21. Which of the following animals has NOT been known to transmit rabies to
humans?
A. Bat B. Fox C. Raccoon D. Rodent
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