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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.Kingdom name and colour name

B.Local name and price

C.Genus name and species name

D.Habitat name and food name

Question 2mcq

Which scientific name is commonly used for humans?

Mangifera\ indica

Panthera\ tigris

Felis\ catus

Homo\ sapiens

Question 3mcq

Why are viruses called acellular?

A.They do not have a true cellular structure.

B.They are made of many tissues.

C.They have chloroplasts and roots.

D.They are multicellular animals.

Question 4mcq

What are lichens?

A.A group of insects with jointed legs

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

C.A type of seed-bearing flowering plant

D.A virus living without a host

Question 5mcq

Which organism group is important for decomposing dead matter?

A.Only flowering plants

B.Only birds

C.Fungi and many bacteria

D.Only viruses outside host cells

Section B: Ecology and Modern Classification

Question 6mcq

What is the three-domain classification mainly based on?

A.Only the colour of organisms

B.Only whether organisms are useful to humans

C.Only the size of organisms

D.Molecular and cellular differences among organisms

Question 7mcq

Which writing style follows binomial nomenclature correctly?

Homo\ sapiens

B.homo Sapiens

C.Homo Sapiens

D.HOMOSAPIENS

Question 8mcq

Which scientific name belongs to mango?

Homo\ sapiens

Mangifera\ indica

Panthera\ leo

Canis\ lupus

Question 9mcq

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

A.They photosynthesise like green plants.

B.They have roots and flowers.

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

D.They digest food in a stomach.

Question 10mcq

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

A.Both partners always harm each other.

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

C.The virus gives roots to the plant.

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