Biology | IB Style Questions

Evolution and Biodiversity SL

1. Which of the following is not a clade?

a. b. c. d.

2. Which one of the following is the correct order?

a. Phylum, kingdom, class, order, family, genus and species

b. Kingdom, phylum, class, order, family, genus and species
c. Kingdom, phylum, order, class, family, genus and species
d. Phylum, kingdom, class, family, order, genus and species

3. Which of the following is not characteristic of annelida?

a. Having bilateral symmetry

b. Having an anus
c. Having a mouth
d. Being segmented

4. How many domains are all living organisms segmented into?

a. 1
b. 2
c. 3
d. 4

5.  he binomial system of nomenclature, which formally classifies the organisms, what are the
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two parts in the correct order?

a. Kingdom and Order

b. Family and Species
c. Family and Genus
d. Genus and Species

6. Which of the following statements about natural selection is not true?

a. Natural selection cannot occur without variation amongst the same species
b. Charles Darwin described natural selection as the survival of the fittest
c. The frequency of a specific allele can only increase in the case of natural selection
d. Natural selection will favour traits that are better adapted the environment

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Evolution and Biodiversity SL

7. Identify the group of plants that has no vascular system to carry water, thus grow in small
damp places

a. Bryophytes
b. Filicinophytes
c. Coniferophytes
d. Angiospermophytes

8. What is natural selection? Explain how it can lead to evolution by providing examples.

9.  xplain different types of plant classifications, their characteristics and give one example for
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each.

10. Explain antibiotic resistance.

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