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Diversity: Scientific Names, Viruses and Ecology

Section A: Nomenclature and Viruses

Question 1mcq

What does a scientific name in binomial nomenclature usually contain?

A.Habitat name and food name

B.Genus name and species name

C.Kingdom name and colour name

D.Local name and price

Question 2mcq

Which scientific name is commonly used for humans?

Homo\ sapiens

Mangifera\ indica

Felis\ catus

Panthera\ tigris

Question 3mcq

Why are viruses called acellular?

A.They are made of many tissues.

B.They have chloroplasts and roots.

C.They are multicellular animals.

D.They do not have a true cellular structure.

Question 4mcq

What are lichens?

A.A group of insects with jointed legs

B.A type of seed-bearing flowering plant

C.A symbiotic association between a fungus and an alga or cyanobacterium

D.A virus living without a host

Question 5mcq

Which organism group is important for decomposing dead matter?

A.Only viruses outside host cells

B.Fungi and many bacteria

C.Only birds

D.Only flowering plants

Section B: Ecology and Modern Classification

Question 6mcq

What is the three-domain classification mainly based on?

A.Molecular and cellular differences among organisms

B.Only whether organisms are useful to humans

C.Only the size of organisms

D.Only the colour of organisms

Question 7mcq

Which writing style follows binomial nomenclature correctly?

A.Homo Sapiens

B.homo Sapiens

C.HOMOSAPIENS

Homo\ sapiens

Question 8mcq

Which scientific name belongs to mango?

Panthera\ leo

Canis\ lupus

Mangifera\ indica

Homo\ sapiens

Question 9mcq

Why are viruses often considered between living and non-living?

A.They digest food in a stomach.

B.They show life-like activity only inside a host cell.

C.They photosynthesise like green plants.

D.They have roots and flowers.

Question 10mcq

How do the partners in a lichen usually help each other?

A.The photosynthetic partner makes food, while the fungus provides support and protection.

B.The virus gives roots to the plant.

C.The fungus makes seeds, while the alga makes pollen.

D.Both partners always harm each other.