Biodiversity MCQ Quiz - Multiple Choice Questions & Answers Page 3

21. Sexual reproduction is very advantageous because it provides lots of

1. variation among the species
2. energy for the species to survive
3. identical organisms
4. similar copies of the parent

22. Asexual reproduction is very advantageous because it provides lots of

1. variation among the species
2. energy for the species to survive
3. identical organisms
4. similar copies of the parent

23. Variations caused by interactions with the environment are not heritable. Plants that are grown in dim lighting conditions would turn out to be

1. much like their parents
2. very different from their parents
3. identical to their parents in all aspects
4. similar to parent plants that were grown in dim light

24. Some plants and animals can reproduce asexually and sexually. Alternating between these types of reproduction enables the organism to be

1. much like their parents
2. very different from their parents
3. identical to their parents in all aspects
4. identical to parent plants every other generation

25. The process that produces two new cells with the same number of chromosomes is called

1. mitosis
2. pollination
3. meiosis
4. fertilization

26. An albino kangaroo is a kangaroo that is pure white. This characteristic is classified as a

1. continuous variation
2. discrete variation
3. non-inherited variation
4. singular variation

27. Those characteristics or variations that have a wide range of forms are

1. discrete
2. overbearing
3. obnoxious
4. continuous

28. A group of organisms that have the same structure and can reproduce with one another are considered to be

1. family
2. genus
3. order
4. species

29. The pistil is made up of the following parts

1. stamen, stigma, ovary
2. anther, ovary, stigma
3. ovary, filament, stigma
4. stigma, style, ovary

30. The system that is used to classify individual organisms is ordered from general classification to very specific identification. The correct order of this classification system is

1. family, order, phyla, genus, class, kingdom, species
2. kingdom, phyla, class, order, family, genus, species
3. phyla, class, order, kingdom, genus, species, family
4. species, class, family, order, kingdom, genus, phyla