ASSESSMENT
Module 1: The Characteristics of Living Things
1. Name the group of closely related species in the Hierarchical Classification System,
which is the category immediately above species.
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2. Name the largest natural population of organisms that can potentially interbreed to
produce fertile offspring.
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3. Complete the passage below by choosing the correct word from the list below.
(Excretion, Organisms, Growth, Reproduction, Movement, Respiration, Nutrition)
a. Living things are often called:
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b. All living things release energy from their food in a process called:
inside their cells)
(Which happens
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c. The production of a young one is called:
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d. The removal of waste substances in an organism is called:
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e. Some of our energy is used for ________________ which usually happens more
quickly in animals than in plants
4. The table below shows some characteristic features of four vertebrates.
vertebrate is a mammal?
Which
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Fig. 1.1 shows six arthropods
Figure. 1.1
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1.
Use the key to identify each arthropod.
Write the genus in Table 1.1.
1 Wings present
Wings absent
2
One pair of wings
Two pairs of wings
Musca
Libellula
3
Legs present on most of body
Legs on front part of body only
4
5
4
Legs all similar
Legs of different types
Lithobius
Leander
5
Three pairs of legs
Four pairs of legs
Pediculus
Araneus
diagram letter
A
B
C
D
E
F
2.
2
3
genus
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(a) State one diagnostic feature of arthropods which you can see in all the animals
shown in Fig. 1.1.
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(b) State the class (sub-group) of arthropod to which animal F belongs.
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(c) State three diagnostic features of this class (sub-group) which you can see in the
drawing of F.
3.
1.
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2.
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3.
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Arthropod C lives amongst hair on the human head.
Explain how one feature that you can see in the drawing of C may be an adaptation to
its habitat.
Feature _______________________________________________________________
Explanation ____________________________________________________________
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4.
Suggest the habitat of arthropod B.
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5.
Explain how one feature which you can see in the drawing of B appears to be an
adaptation to the habitat you have suggested.
Feature _______________________________________________________________
Explanation ____________________________________________________________
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