Name: 
 

Standard III Cumulative



True/False
Indicate whether the sentence or statement is true or false.
 

 1) 

Invertebrates have backbones.
 

 2) 

Vertebrates have backbones.
 

 3) 

Snakes are vetebrates.
 

 4) 

Mammals do not lay eggs.
 

 5) 

Mammals with pouches are called monotremes.
 

 6) 

Non-vascular plants can use transpiration pull to move water upward through the plant.
 

 7) 

Mosses and liverworts utilize transpiration pull to move water upward through their plant structure.
 

 8) 

Angiosperms use seeds to reproduce.
 

 9) 

Gymnosperms produce flowers.
 

 10) 

The scientific name of an organism includes the phylum to which an organism belongs.
 

 11) 

The scientific name of an organism includes the genus to which the organism belongs.
 

 12) 

The scientific name of an organism includes the order to which an organism belongs.
 

Multiple Choice
Identify the letter of the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 13) 

Which of the following is a MOST accurate descritpion of an oak tree?
a)
vascular plant
b)
non-vascular plant
c)
an oak tree is not a plant
 

 14) 

Which of the following is the properly written scientific name for a human?
a)
Homo Sapiens
c)
homo sapiens
b)
Sapiens Homo
d)
Homo sapiens
 

 15) 

Which statement concerning taxonomic classification is MOST correct?
a)
families are divided into orders
c)
species are divided into families
b)
phyla are grouped into kingdoms
d)
classes are grouped into orders
 

 16) 

Which of the following terms would be BEST used to describe a mammal that lays eggs?
a)
marsupial
c)
bird
b)
reptile
d)
monotreme
 

 17) 

Yen has a eukaryotic specimen with cell walls composed of cellulose.  To which Kingdom should Yen assign the organism?
a)
Kingdom Monera
d)
Kingdom Plantae
b)
Kingdom Protista
e)
Kingdom Animalia
c)
Kingdom Fungi
 

 18) 

Roberto has been asked to classify an organism.  Roberto's organism is eukaryotic, and has cell walls composed of chitin.  To which kingdom should his organism be assigned?
a)
Kingdom Monera
d)
Kingdom Plantae
b)
Kingdom Protista
e)
Kingdom Animalia
c)
Kingdom Fungi
 

 19) 

Mrs. Thornbury is examining some organisms with a microscope.  The organisms are unicellular, and do not have a nucleus.  To which Kingdom do the organisms Mrs. Thornbury is viewing MOST likely belong?
a)
Kingdom Monera
d)
Kingdom Plantae
b)
Kingdom Protista
e)
Kingdom Animalia
c)
Kingdom Fungi
 

 20) 

Which Kingdom contains the LEAST complex organisms?
a)
Kingdom Monera
d)
Kingdom Plantae
b)
Kingdom Protista
e)
Kingdom Animalia
c)
Kingdom Fungi
 



 
Check Your Work     Reset Help